#5A1272#5A1272

#5A1272 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.156 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1272
RGB	rgb(90, 18, 114)
HSL	hsl(285, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 84%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 84.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.07, 45.75, -38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.07, 59.95, 319.74°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.1116 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.156 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4695, 3.8215, 16.2605)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1272 #2A7212

analogous

#2A1272 #5A1272 #72125A

triadic

#5A1272 #725A12 #12725A

tetradic

#5A1272 #722A12 #2A7212 #125A72

square

#5A1272 #722A12 #2A7212 #125A72

split-complementary

#5A1272 #5A7212 #12722A

monochromatic

#15041A #300A3D #5A1272 #841AA7 #AD23DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#5A1272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5A1272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1272

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1272	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 18, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.156 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5a9b',
    500: '#5a1272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1272;
$custom-light: #8c5a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35745,
    "c": 0.1563,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1272

secondary

#53A937

accent

#EF3866

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1272

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

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