#5A0F8E#5A0F8E

#5A0F8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.184 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A0F8E
RGB	rgb(90, 15, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 81%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 89%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 89.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 52.72, -53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 74.78, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.1054 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.184 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2686, 4.4683, 25.9601)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.38

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A0F8E #438E0F

analogous

#1A0F8E #5A0F8E #8E0F82

triadic

#5A0F8E #8E5A0F #0F8E5A

tetradic

#5A0F8E #8E1A0F #438E0F #0F828E

square

#5A0F8E #8E1A0F #438E0F #0F828E

split-complementary

#5A0F8E #828E0F #0F8E1A

monochromatic

#14031F #370957 #5A0F8E #7D15C5 #9D2EE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#5A0F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5A0F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A0F8E

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A0F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A0F8E	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a0f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 15, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.184 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5bb0',
    500: '#5a0f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a0f8e;
$custom-light: #8f5bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a0f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.433,
    "s": 80.892,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37936,
    "c": 0.18446,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A0F8E

secondary

#70C336

accent

#F73182

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0411

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A0F8E

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