#5A1472#5A1472

#5A1472 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.154 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1472
RGB	rgb(90, 20, 114)
HSL	hsl(285, 70%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 82.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.30, 45.09, -38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.30, 59.21, 319.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.11 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.154 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5034, 3.8892, 16.2718)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1472 #2C7214

analogous

#2B1472 #5A1472 #72145B

triadic

#5A1472 #725A14 #14725A

tetradic

#5A1472 #722B14 #2C7214 #145B72

square

#5A1472 #722B14 #2C7214 #145B72

split-complementary

#5A1472 #5B7214 #14722B

monochromatic

#15051A #310B3E #5A1472 #831DA6 #AC27D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#5A1472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5A1472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1472

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1472	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 20, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.154 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b9b',
    500: '#5a1472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1472;
$custom-light: #8c5b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.681,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35906,
    "c": 0.15436,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1472

secondary

#56A839

accent

#ED3B68

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1472

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

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