#5A239B#5A239B

#5A239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.180 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A239B
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.75, 48.77, -55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.75, 73.65, 311.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.79% 0.0868 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(40.79% 0.18 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7324, 5.7421, 31.5469)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A239B #649B23

analogous

#23289B #5A239B #96239B

triadic

#5A239B #9B5A23 #239B5A

tetradic

#5A239B #9B2328 #649B23 #239B96

square

#5A239B #9B2328 #649B23 #239B96

split-complementary

#5A239B #9B9623 #289B23

monochromatic

#200C37 #3D1869 #5A239B #772ECD #975EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#5A239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5A239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A239B

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A239B	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.180 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b9',
    500: '#5a239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a239b;
$custom-light: #8f64b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40787,
    "c": 0.18011,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A239B

secondary

#91BF5A

accent

#E6429B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A239B

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

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