#5A0F8D#5A0F8D

#5A0F8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.184 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A0F8D
RGB	rgb(90, 15, 141)
HSL	hsl(276, 81%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 89%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 89.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.07, 52.49, -52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.07, 74.29, 314.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.1058 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.184 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1939, 4.4385, 25.5665)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.33

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A0F8D #428D0F

analogous

#1B0F8D #5A0F8D #8D0F81

triadic

#5A0F8D #8D5A0F #0F8D5A

tetradic

#5A0F8D #8D1B0F #428D0F #0F818D

square

#5A0F8D #8D1B0F #428D0F #0F818D

split-complementary

#5A0F8D #818D0F #0F8D1B

monochromatic

#13031E #370956 #5A0F8D #7D15C4 #9D2EE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#5A0F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5A0F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A0F8D

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A0F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A0F8D	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a0f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 15, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.184 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5baf',
    500: '#5a0f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a0f8d;
$custom-light: #8f5baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a0f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.714,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37845,
    "c": 0.18355,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A0F8D

secondary

#6FC236

accent

#F73181

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0410

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A0F8D

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

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