#5A1372#5A1372

#5A1372 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.155 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1372
RGB	rgb(90, 19, 114)
HSL	hsl(285, 71%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 83%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 83.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.18, 45.43, -38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.18, 59.59, 319.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.1108 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.155 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4861, 3.8546, 16.2660)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1372 #2B7213

analogous

#2A1372 #5A1372 #72135A

triadic

#5A1372 #725A13 #13725A

tetradic

#5A1372 #722A13 #2B7213 #135A72

square

#5A1372 #722A13 #2B7213 #135A72

split-complementary

#5A1372 #5A7213 #13722A

monochromatic

#15041A #310A3E #5A1372 #831CA6 #AD25DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#5A1372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5A1372 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1372

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1372	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 19, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.155 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b9b',
    500: '#5a1372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1372;
$custom-light: #8c5b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.842,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35824,
    "c": 0.15534,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1372

secondary

#55A938

accent

#EE3A67

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1372

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

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