#5A118C#5A118C

#5A118C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.181 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A118C
RGB	rgb(90, 17, 140)
HSL	hsl(276, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 88%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 87.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 51.73, -51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 73.21, 314.96°)
OKLab	oklab(37.88% 0.105 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(37.88% 0.181 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1494, 4.4681, 25.1863)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A118C #438C11

analogous

#1D118C #5A118C #8C1180

triadic

#5A118C #8C5A11 #118C5A

tetradic

#5A118C #8C1D11 #438C11 #11808C

square

#5A118C #8C1D11 #438C11 #11808C

split-complementary

#5A118C #808C11 #118C1D

monochromatic

#14041F #370A55 #5A118C #7D18C3 #9D31E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#5A118C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5A118C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A118C

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A118C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A118C	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a118c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 17, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.181 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5caf',
    500: '#5a118c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a118c;
$custom-light: #8e5caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a118c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.61,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3788,
    "c": 0.18124,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A118C

secondary

#70C138

accent

#F53382

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A118C

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

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