#5A1081#5A1081

#5A1081 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.172 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1081
RGB	rgb(90, 16, 129)
HSL	hsl(279, 78%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 88%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 87.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.09, 49.57, -46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.09, 68.07, 316.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.1092 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.172 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3634, 4.1294, 21.1211)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.47

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1081 #378110

analogous

#211081 #5A1081 #81106F

triadic

#5A1081 #815A10 #10815A

tetradic

#5A1081 #812110 #378110 #106F81

square

#5A1081 #812110 #378110 #106F81

split-complementary

#5A1081 #6F8110 #108121

monochromatic

#13031B #34094B #5A1081 #8017B7 #A327E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#5A1081 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5A1081 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1081

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1081	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1081	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1081;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 16, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.172 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ba6',
    500: '#5a1081',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1081;
$custom-light: #8e5ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1081",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.292,
    "s": 77.931,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36842,
    "c": 0.17178,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1081

secondary

#62B736

accent

#F43376

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1081

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

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