#5A137F#5A137F

#5A137F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.167 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A137F
RGB	rgb(90, 19, 127)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 85%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 85%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.23, 48.23, -45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.23, 66.07, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.1077 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.167 310)
XYZ	xyz(8.2793, 4.1719, 20.4437)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A137F #387F13

analogous

#24137F #5A137F #7F136E

triadic

#5A137F #7F5A13 #137F5A

tetradic

#5A137F #7F2413 #387F13 #136E7F

square

#5A137F #7F2413 #387F13 #136E7F

split-complementary

#5A137F #6E7F13 #137F24

monochromatic

#13041B #340B4A #5A137F #801BB4 #A22DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#5A137F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5A137F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A137F

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A137F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A137F	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a137f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 19, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.167 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ca5',
    500: '#5a137f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a137f;
$custom-light: #8d5ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a137f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.444,
    "s": 73.973,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36884,
    "c": 0.16748,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.04172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A137F

secondary

#64B439

accent

#F13777

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A137F

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

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