#5A117E#5A117E

#5A117E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.168 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A117E
RGB	rgb(90, 17, 126)
HSL	hsl(280, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 86.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 48.63, -45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 66.26, 317.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.1094 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.168 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1821, 4.0811, 20.0913)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A117E #357E11

analogous

#23117E #5A117E #7E116C

triadic

#5A117E #7E5A11 #117E5A

tetradic

#5A117E #7E2311 #357E11 #116C7E

square

#5A117E #7E2311 #357E11 #116C7E

split-complementary

#5A117E #6C7E11 #117E23

monochromatic

#13041B #330A48 #5A117E #8118B4 #A427E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#5A117E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5A117E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A117E

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A117E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A117E	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a117e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 17, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.168 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ba4',
    500: '#5a117e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a117e;
$custom-light: #8d5ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a117e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.183,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36653,
    "c": 0.16823,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A117E

secondary

#60B437

accent

#F33574

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A117E

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

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