#5A138C#5A138C

#5A138C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.180 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A138C
RGB	rgb(90, 19, 140)
HSL	hsl(275, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 86.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 51.14, -51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 72.57, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.02% 0.1037 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(38.02% 0.18 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1819, 4.5329, 25.1971)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.55

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A138C #458C13

analogous

#1E138C #5A138C #8C1381

triadic

#5A138C #8C5A13 #138C5A

tetradic

#5A138C #8C1E13 #458C13 #13818C

square

#5A138C #8C1E13 #458C13 #13818C

split-complementary

#5A138C #818C13 #138C1E

monochromatic

#150420 #370C56 #5A138C #7D1AC2 #9C36E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#5A138C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5A138C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A138C

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A138C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A138C	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a138c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 19, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.180 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5caf',
    500: '#5a138c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a138c;
$custom-light: #8e5caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a138c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.207,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38016,
    "c": 0.17975,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A138C

secondary

#72C03B

accent

#F33583

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A138C

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