#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
RGBrgb(90, 35, 174)
HSLhsl(264, 67%, 41%)
HSVhsv(264, 80%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(48.3%, 79.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(30.48, 53.64, -63.85)
CIE-LCHlch(30.48, 83.39, 310.04°)
OKLaboklab(42.52% 0.0812 -0.1832)
OKLCHoklch(42.52% 0.2 293.9)
XYZxyz(12.4554, 6.4313, 40.6213)
Luminance0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##5A23AE1.009.182.299.18
#FFFFFF9.181.0021.001.00
#0000002.2921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.181.0021.001.00

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

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#5A23AE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva