#5A138E#5A138E

#5A138E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.182 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A138E
RGB	rgb(90, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 51.60, -52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 73.56, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.103 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.182 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3307, 4.5924, 25.9808)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A138E #478E13

analogous

#1C138E #5A138E #8E1385

triadic

#5A138E #8E5A13 #138E5A

tetradic

#5A138E #8E1C13 #478E13 #13858E

square

#5A138E #8E1C13 #478E13 #13858E

split-complementary

#5A138E #858E13 #138E1C

monochromatic

#160522 #380C58 #5A138E #7C1AC4 #9B37E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#5A138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5A138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A138E

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A138E	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.182 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5db0',
    500: '#5a138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a138e;
$custom-light: #8f5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.634,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38196,
    "c": 0.18165,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A138E

secondary

#74C23B

accent

#F33585

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A138E

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