#5A239E#5A239E

#5A239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.183 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A239E
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.02, 49.53, -56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.02, 75.20, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% 0.086 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.183 298)
XYZ	xyz(10.9874, 5.8442, 32.8903)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A239E #679E23

analogous

#232A9E #5A239E #97239E

triadic

#5A239E #9E5A23 #239E5A

tetradic

#5A239E #9E232A #679E23 #239E97

square

#5A239E #9E232A #679E23 #239E97

split-complementary

#5A239E #9E9723 #2A9E23

monochromatic

#210D3A #3D186C #5A239E #772ED0 #9760DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#5A239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5A239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A239E

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A239E	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.183 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64bc',
    500: '#5a239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a239e;
$custom-light: #8f64bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.829,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41053,
    "c": 0.18334,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.05844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A239E

secondary

#94C15C

accent

#E7419D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A239E

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

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