#5A23A9#5A23A9

#5A23A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.195 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A23A9
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 169)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 79.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.01, 52.35, -61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.01, 80.85, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.0828 -0.1767)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.195 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9770, 6.2400, 38.1018)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.99

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A23A9 #72A923

analogous

#232FA9 #5A23A9 #9D23A9

triadic

#5A23A9 #A95A23 #23A95A

tetradic

#5A23A9 #A9232F #72A923 #23A99D

square

#5A23A9 #A9232F #72A923 #23A99D

split-complementary

#5A23A9 #A99D23 #2FA923

monochromatic

#240E44 #3F1976 #5A23A9 #7634D5 #9867DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#5A23A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5A23A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A23A9

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A23A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A23A9	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a23a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.195 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165c4',
    500: '#5a23a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a23a9;
$custom-light: #9165c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a23a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.627,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42051,
    "c": 0.1951,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A23A9

secondary

#9DC563

accent

#E93FA3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A23A9

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

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