#5A147E#5A147E

#5A147E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.166 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A147E
RGB	rgb(90, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 47.69, -44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 65.21, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.1072 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.166 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2318, 4.1805, 20.1079)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A147E #387E14

analogous

#25147E #5A147E #7E146D

triadic

#5A147E #7E5A14 #147E5A

tetradic

#5A147E #7E2514 #387E14 #146D7E

square

#5A147E #7E2514 #387E14 #146D7E

split-complementary

#5A147E #6D7E14 #147E25

monochromatic

#13041A #340C49 #5A147E #801CB3 #A22EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#5A147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5A147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A147E

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A147E	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.166 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ca4',
    500: '#5a147e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a147e;
$custom-light: #8d5ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.623,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36877,
    "c": 0.16564,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A147E

secondary

#64B33A

accent

#EF3877

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A147E

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

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