#5A239A#5A239A

#5A239A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.179 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A239A
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 154)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 77.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 48.52, -54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 73.13, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.0871 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.179 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6487, 5.7087, 31.1064)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A239A #639A23

analogous

#23289A #5A239A #96239A

triadic

#5A239A #9A5A23 #239A5A

tetradic

#5A239A #9A2328 #639A23 #239A96

square

#5A239A #9A2328 #639A23 #239A96

split-complementary

#5A239A #9A9623 #289A23

monochromatic

#200C36 #3D1868 #5A239A #772ECC #975DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#5A239A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5A239A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A239A

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A239A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A239A	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a239a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.179 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b9',
    500: '#5a239a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a239a;
$custom-light: #8f64b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a239a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.731,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40699,
    "c": 0.17903,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A239A

secondary

#90BF5A

accent

#E6429A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A239A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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