#5A23A5#5A23A5

#5A23A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.191 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A23A5
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 165)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 78.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.64, 51.33, -59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.64, 78.80, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.68% 0.084 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(41.68% 0.191 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6072, 6.0921, 36.1543)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A23A5 #6EA523

analogous

#232DA5 #5A23A5 #9B23A5

triadic

#5A23A5 #A55A23 #23A55A

tetradic

#5A23A5 #A5232D #6EA523 #23A59B

square

#5A23A5 #A5232D #6EA523 #23A59B

split-complementary

#5A23A5 #A59B23 #2DA523

monochromatic

#230E40 #3E1873 #5A23A5 #7632D3 #9864DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#5A23A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5A23A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A23A5

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A23A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A23A5	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a23a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.191 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065c1',
    500: '#5a23a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a23a5;
$custom-light: #9065c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a23a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41684,
    "c": 0.19083,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A23A5

secondary

#9AC460

accent

#E840A1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A23A5

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

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