#5A23A0#5A23A0

#5A23A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.185 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A23A0
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 160)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 78.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.19, 50.05, -57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.19, 76.23, 311.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.23% 0.0854 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(41.23% 0.185 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1610, 5.9136, 33.8043)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A23A0 #69A023

analogous

#232AA0 #5A23A0 #9823A0

triadic

#5A23A0 #A05A23 #23A05A

tetradic

#5A23A0 #A0232A #69A023 #23A098

square

#5A23A0 #A0232A #69A023 #23A098

split-complementary

#5A23A0 #A09823 #2AA023

monochromatic

#220D3C #3E186E #5A23A0 #762FD1 #9761DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#5A23A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5A23A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A23A0

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A23A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A23A0	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a23a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.185 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064bd',
    500: '#5a23a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a23a0;
$custom-light: #9064bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a23a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41231,
    "c": 0.18548,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A23A0

secondary

#95C15D

accent

#E7419E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A23A0

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

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