#5A138A#5A138A

#5A138A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.178 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A138A
RGB	rgb(90, 19, 138)
HSL	hsl(276, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 86.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 50.69, -50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 71.57, 315.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37.84% 0.1044 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(37.84% 0.178 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0357, 4.4745, 24.4275)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.49

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A138A #438A13

analogous

#1E138A #5A138A #8A137E

triadic

#5A138A #8A5A13 #138A5A

tetradic

#5A138A #8A1E13 #438A13 #137E8A

square

#5A138A #8A1E13 #438A13 #137E8A

split-complementary

#5A138A #7E8A13 #138A1E

monochromatic

#14041E #370C54 #5A138A #7D1AC0 #9D34E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#5A138A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5A138A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A138A

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A138A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A138A	1.00	11.08	1.89	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a138a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 19, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.178 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5cad',
    500: '#5a138a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a138a;
$custom-light: #8e5cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a138a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.798,
    "s": 75.796,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37838,
    "c": 0.17786,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A138A

secondary

#70BE3A

accent

#F23582

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A138A

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

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