#5A1172#5A1172

#5A1172 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.157 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1172
RGB	rgb(90, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 46.07, -38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 60.31, 319.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.1124 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.157 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4537, 3.7898, 16.2552)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1172 #297211

analogous

#2A1172 #5A1172 #721159

triadic

#5A1172 #725A11 #11725A

tetradic

#5A1172 #722A11 #297211 #115972

square

#5A1172 #722A11 #297211 #115972

split-complementary

#5A1172 #597211 #11722A

monochromatic

#15041B #30093D #5A1172 #8419A7 #AE21DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#5A1172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5A1172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1172

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1172	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.157 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5a9b',
    500: '#5a1172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1172;
$custom-light: #8c5a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.155,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35669,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1172

secondary

#52A936

accent

#F13765

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1172

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

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