#5A1485#5A1485

#5A1485 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.172 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1485
RGB	rgb(90, 20, 133)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 85%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 49.25, -47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 68.72, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(37.47% 0.1053 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(37.47% 0.172 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6993, 4.3676, 22.5705)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1485 #3F8514

analogous

#211485 #5A1485 #851478

triadic

#5A1485 #855A14 #14855A

tetradic

#5A1485 #852114 #3F8514 #147885

square

#5A1485 #852114 #3F8514 #147885

split-complementary

#5A1485 #788514 #148521

monochromatic

#12041B #360C50 #5A1485 #7E1CBA #9E33E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#5A1485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5A1485 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1485

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1485	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53334E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 20, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.172 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca9',
    500: '#5a1485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1485;
$custom-light: #8e5ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.168,
    "s": 73.856,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37473,
    "c": 0.17229,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1485

secondary

#6BBA3B

accent

#F1377E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1485

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

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