#5A239D#5A239D

#5A239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.182 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A239D
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.93, 49.28, -56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.93, 74.68, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% 0.0863 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.182 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9017, 5.8099, 32.4388)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A239D #669D23

analogous

#23299D #5A239D #97239D

triadic

#5A239D #9D5A23 #239D5A

tetradic

#5A239D #9D2329 #669D23 #239D97

square

#5A239D #9D2329 #669D23 #239D97

split-complementary

#5A239D #9D9723 #299D23

monochromatic

#210D39 #3D186B #5A239D #772ECF #975FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#5A239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5A239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A239D

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A239D	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.182 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64bb',
    500: '#5a239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a239d;
$custom-light: #8f64bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.049,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40964,
    "c": 0.18226,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A239D

secondary

#93C05C

accent

#E7419C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A239D

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

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