#5A147F#5A147F

#5A147F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.167 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A147F
RGB	rgb(90, 20, 127)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 84.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.34, 47.91, -44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.34, 65.71, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.107 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.167 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2966, 4.2065, 20.4494)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A147F #397F14

analogous

#25147F #5A147F #7F146F

triadic

#5A147F #7F5A14 #147F5A

tetradic

#5A147F #7F2514 #397F14 #146F7F

square

#5A147F #7F2514 #397F14 #146F7F

split-complementary

#5A147F #6F7F14 #147F25

monochromatic

#13041A #350C4A #5A147F #7F1CB4 #A22FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#5A147F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5A147F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A147F

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A147F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A147F	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a147f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 20, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.167 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ca5',
    500: '#5a147f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a147f;
$custom-light: #8d5ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a147f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.252,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36961,
    "c": 0.16659,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A147F

secondary

#65B43B

accent

#EF3878

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A147F

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

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