#5A23A6#5A23A6

#5A23A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.192 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A23A6
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 166)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 78.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, 51.58, -60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 79.32, 310.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% 0.0837 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.192 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6986, 6.1286, 36.6356)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A23A6 #6FA623

analogous

#232EA6 #5A23A6 #9C23A6

triadic

#5A23A6 #A65A23 #23A65A

tetradic

#5A23A6 #A6232E #6FA623 #23A69C

square

#5A23A6 #A6232E #6FA623 #23A69C

split-complementary

#5A23A6 #A69C23 #2EA623

monochromatic

#230E41 #3F1873 #5A23A6 #7632D4 #9865DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#5A23A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5A23A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A23A6

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A23A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A23A6	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a23a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.192 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065c1',
    500: '#5a23a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a23a6;
$custom-light: #9065c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a23a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.191,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41775,
    "c": 0.1919,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A23A6

secondary

#9AC461

accent

#E840A1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A23A6

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

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