#5A23A8#5A23A8

#5A23A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.194 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A23A8
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 168)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 79.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, 52.10, -61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 80.34, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% 0.0831 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.194 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8835, 6.2026, 37.6093)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.09

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A23A8 #71A823

analogous

#232FA8 #5A23A8 #9D23A8

triadic

#5A23A8 #A85A23 #23A85A

tetradic

#5A23A8 #A8232F #71A823 #23A89D

square

#5A23A8 #A8232F #71A823 #23A89D

split-complementary

#5A23A8 #A89D23 #2FA823

monochromatic

#240E43 #3F1875 #5A23A8 #7634D5 #9866DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#5A23A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#5A23A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A23A8

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A23A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A23A8	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a23a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.194 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165c3',
    500: '#5a23a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a23a8;
$custom-light: #9165c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a23a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.812,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41959,
    "c": 0.19404,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A23A8

secondary

#9CC562

accent

#E83FA3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A23A8

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

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