#5A239F#5A239F

#5A239F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.184 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A239F
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 159)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 78%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, 49.79, -57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 75.72, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% 0.0857 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.184 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0739, 5.8787, 33.3454)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A239F #689F23

analogous

#232A9F #5A239F #98239F

triadic

#5A239F #9F5A23 #239F5A

tetradic

#5A239F #9F232A #689F23 #239F98

square

#5A239F #9F232A #689F23 #239F98

split-complementary

#5A239F #9F9823 #2A9F23

monochromatic

#210D3B #3E186D #5A239F #762ED1 #9760DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#5A239F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5A239F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A239F

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A239F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A239F	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a239f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.184 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064bc',
    500: '#5a239f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a239f;
$custom-light: #9064bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a239f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.613,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41142,
    "c": 0.18441,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A239F

secondary

#95C15D

accent

#E7419D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A239F

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

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