#5A117F#5A117F

#5A117F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.169 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A117F
RGB	rgb(90, 17, 127)
HSL	hsl(280, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 87%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 86.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 48.84, -45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 66.75, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.1091 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.169 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2469, 4.1071, 20.4329)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A117F #367F11

analogous

#23117F #5A117F #7F116D

triadic

#5A117F #7F5A11 #117F5A

tetradic

#5A117F #7F2311 #367F11 #116D7F

square

#5A117F #7F2311 #367F11 #116D7F

split-complementary

#5A117F #6D7F11 #117F23

monochromatic

#13041B #340A49 #5A117F #8018B5 #A428E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#5A117F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5A117F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A117F

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A117F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A117F	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a117f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 17, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.169 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ba5',
    500: '#5a117f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a117f;
$custom-light: #8d5ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a117f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.818,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36738,
    "c": 0.16916,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A117F

secondary

#61B537

accent

#F33575

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A117F

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

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