#5A1180#5A1180

#5A1180 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.170 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1180
RGB	rgb(90, 17, 128)
HSL	hsl(279, 77%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 87%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 86.7%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.11, 49.06, -45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.11, 67.25, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(36.82% 0.1088 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(36.82% 0.17 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3124, 4.1332, 20.7778)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1180 #378011

analogous

#221180 #5A1180 #80116E

triadic

#5A1180 #805A11 #11805A

tetradic

#5A1180 #802211 #378011 #116E80

square

#5A1180 #802211 #378011 #116E80

split-complementary

#5A1180 #6E8011 #118022

monochromatic

#13041B #340A4A #5A1180 #8018B6 #A329E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#5A1180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5A1180 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1180

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1180	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)

#003683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 17, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.170 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ba6',
    500: '#5a1180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1180;
$custom-light: #8d5ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.459,
    "s": 76.552,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36824,
    "c": 0.17008,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1180

secondary

#62B637

accent

#F33576

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1180

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

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