#5A118E#5A118E

#5A118E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.183 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A118E
RGB	rgb(90, 17, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 88%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 52.18, -52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 74.20, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(38.06% 0.1043 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(38.06% 0.183 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2983, 4.5276, 25.9700)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.50

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A118E #458E11

analogous

#1B118E #5A118E #8E1183

triadic

#5A118E #8E5A11 #118E5A

tetradic

#5A118E #8E1B11 #458E11 #11838E

square

#5A118E #8E1B11 #458E11 #11838E

split-complementary

#5A118E #838E11 #118E1B

monochromatic

#150421 #370A57 #5A118E #7D18C5 #9C33E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#5A118E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5A118E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A118E

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A118E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A118E	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a118e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 17, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.183 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5cb0',
    500: '#5a118e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a118e;
$custom-light: #8f5cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a118e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.04,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38061,
    "c": 0.18312,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A118E

secondary

#72C238

accent

#F53384

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A118E

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

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