#5A1281#5A1281

#5A1281 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.170 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1281
RGB	rgb(90, 18, 129)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 86%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 86%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.29, 48.98, -46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.29, 67.42, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(36.98% 0.1079 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(36.98% 0.17 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3944, 4.1914, 21.1314)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1281 #398112

analogous

#231281 #5A1281 #811271

triadic

#5A1281 #815A12 #12815A

tetradic

#5A1281 #812312 #398112 #127181

square

#5A1281 #812312 #398112 #127181

split-complementary

#5A1281 #718112 #128123

monochromatic

#13041B #350B4B #5A1281 #7F19B7 #A22CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#5A1281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5A1281 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1281

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1281	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54304C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 18, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.170 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ba6',
    500: '#5a1281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1281;
$custom-light: #8d5ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.919,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3698,
    "c": 0.17019,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1281

secondary

#65B738

accent

#F23678

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1281

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

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