#5A1257#5A1257

#5A1257 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.132 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1257
RGB	rgb(90, 18, 87)
HSL	hsl(303, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(303, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 3.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.19, 40.47, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.19, 47.07, 329.28°)
OKLab	oklab(33.81% 0.1145 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(33.81% 0.132 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1530, 3.2949, 9.3269)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1257 #125A15

analogous

#39125A #5A1257 #5A1233

triadic

#5A1257 #575A12 #12575A

tetradic

#5A1257 #5A3912 #125A15 #12335A

square

#5A1257 #5A3912 #125A15 #12335A

split-complementary

#5A1257 #335A12 #125A39

monochromatic

#1A0519 #270826 #5A1257 #8D1C88 #C026BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#5A1257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#5A1257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1257

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1257	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#082D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E1C33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 18, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.132 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5987',
    500: '#5a1257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1257;
$custom-light: #8c5987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33809,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1257

secondary

#359339

accent

#EA453E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1257

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

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