#5A23AE#5A23AE

#5A23AE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.200 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A23AE
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 174)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 79.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, 53.64, -63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 83.39, 310.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.0812 -0.1832)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.2 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4554, 6.4313, 40.6213)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.50

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A23AE #77AE23

analogous

#2331AE #5A23AE #9F23AE

triadic

#5A23AE #AE5A23 #23AE5A

tetradic

#5A23AE #AE2331 #77AE23 #23AE9F

square

#5A23AE #AE2331 #77AE23 #23AE9F

split-complementary

#5A23AE #AE9F23 #31AE23

monochromatic

#250F48 #40197B #5A23AE #7637D7 #996AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#5A23AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5A23AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A23AE

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A23AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A23AE	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a23ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.200 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165c7',
    500: '#5a23ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a23ae;
$custom-light: #9165c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a23ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.741,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42517,
    "c": 0.20042,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A23AE

secondary

#A1C766

accent

#E93EA6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A23AE

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

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