#5A138D#5A138D

#5A138D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.181 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A138D
RGB	rgb(90, 19, 141)
HSL	hsl(275, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 87%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 86.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 51.37, -51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 73.06, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.11% 0.1034 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(38.11% 0.181 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2559, 4.5625, 25.5872)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A138D #468D13

analogous

#1D138D #5A138D #8D1383

triadic

#5A138D #8D5A13 #138D5A

tetradic

#5A138D #8D1D13 #468D13 #13838D

square

#5A138D #8D1D13 #468D13 #13838D

split-complementary

#5A138D #838D13 #138D1D

monochromatic

#150421 #380C57 #5A138D #7C1AC3 #9B36E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#5A138D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5A138D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A138D

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A138D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A138D	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a138d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 19, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.181 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5daf',
    500: '#5a138d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a138d;
$custom-light: #8e5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a138d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.918,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38106,
    "c": 0.1807,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A138D

secondary

#73C13B

accent

#F33584

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A138D

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

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