#5A138F#5A138F

#5A138F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.183 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A138F
RGB	rgb(90, 19, 143)
HSL	hsl(274, 77%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 86.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.63, 51.83, -52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.63, 74.06, 314.41°)
OKLab	oklab(38.29% 0.1027 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(38.29% 0.183 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4061, 4.6226, 26.3780)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A138F #488F13

analogous

#1C138F #5A138F #8F1386

triadic

#5A138F #8F5A13 #138F5A

tetradic

#5A138F #8F1C13 #488F13 #13868F

square

#5A138F #8F1C13 #488F13 #13868F

split-complementary

#5A138F #868F13 #138F1C

monochromatic

#160523 #380C59 #5A138F #7C1AC5 #9B38E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#5A138F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5A138F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A138F

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A138F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A138F	1.00	10.91	1.92	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a138f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 19, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.183 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5db1',
    500: '#5a138f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a138f;
$custom-light: #8f5db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a138f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.355,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38287,
    "c": 0.1826,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A138F

secondary

#75C33B

accent

#F33586

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A138F

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