#5A1159#5A1159

#5A1159 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.135 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1159
RGB	rgb(90, 17, 89)
HSL	hsl(301, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(301, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 1.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.19, 41.17, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.19, 48.36, 328.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.85% 0.1154 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(33.85% 0.135 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2200, 3.2963, 9.7579)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1159 #115A12

analogous

#36115A #5A1159 #5A1134

triadic

#5A1159 #595A11 #11595A

tetradic

#5A1159 #5A3611 #115A12 #11345A

square

#5A1159 #5A3611 #115A12 #11345A

split-complementary

#5A1159 #345A11 #115A36

monochromatic

#1A0519 #270726 #5A1159 #8D1B8C #C124BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#5A1159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#5A1159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1159

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1159	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032D5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D1C34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 17, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.135 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5988',
    500: '#5a1159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1159;
$custom-light: #8c5988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.822,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33853,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1159

secondary

#349335

accent

#EB3F3D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1159

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

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