#5A239C#5A239C

#5A239C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.181 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A239C
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.84, 49.03, -55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.84, 74.16, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.0865 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.181 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8167, 5.7759, 31.9910)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A239C #659C23

analogous

#23289C #5A239C #97239C

triadic

#5A239C #9C5A23 #239C5A

tetradic

#5A239C #9C2328 #659C23 #239C97

square

#5A239C #9C2328 #659C23 #239C97

split-complementary

#5A239C #9C9723 #289C23

monochromatic

#200D38 #3D186A #5A239C #772ECE #975EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#5A239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5A239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A239C

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A239C	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.181 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64ba',
    500: '#5a239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a239c;
$custom-light: #8f64ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40875,
    "c": 0.18119,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A239C

secondary

#92C05B

accent

#E6419B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A239C

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

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