#5A1261#5A1261

#5A1261 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.141 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1261
RGB	rgb(90, 18, 97)
HSL	hsl(295, 69%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(295, 81%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 81.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, 42.33, -29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 51.69, 324.98°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.1141 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.141 324)
XYZ	xyz(6.5902, 3.4698, 11.6296)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1261 #196112

analogous

#331261 #5A1261 #611240

triadic

#5A1261 #615A12 #12615A

tetradic

#5A1261 #613312 #196112 #124061

square

#5A1261 #613312 #196112 #124061

split-complementary

#5A1261 #406112 #126133

monochromatic

#18051A #2A082D #5A1261 #8A1C95 #BA25C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#5A1261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#5A1261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1261

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1261	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21375F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2139

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 18, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.141 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5a8e',
    500: '#5a1261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1261;
$custom-light: #8c5a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.684,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34478,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.03469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1261

secondary

#3E9936

accent

#EC3C4C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1261

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

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