#5A23A7#5A23A7

#5A23A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.193 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A23A7
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 167)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 79%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 51.84, -60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 79.83, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.87% 0.0834 -0.174)
OKLCH	oklch(41.87% 0.193 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7907, 6.1654, 37.1206)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A23A7 #70A723

analogous

#232EA7 #5A23A7 #9C23A7

triadic

#5A23A7 #A75A23 #23A75A

tetradic

#5A23A7 #A7232E #70A723 #23A79C

square

#5A23A7 #A7232E #70A723 #23A79C

split-complementary

#5A23A7 #A79C23 #2EA723

monochromatic

#230E42 #3F1874 #5A23A7 #7633D4 #9866DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#5A23A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5A23A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A23A7

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A23A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A23A7	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a23a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.193 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165c2',
    500: '#5a23a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a23a7;
$custom-light: #9165c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a23a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41867,
    "c": 0.19296,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A23A7

secondary

#9BC461

accent

#E83FA2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A23A7

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

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