#5A1489#5A1489

#5A1489 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.176 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1489
RGB	rgb(90, 20, 137)
HSL	hsl(276, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 85.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.20, 50.15, -49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.20, 70.73, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% 0.104 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.176 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9810, 4.4802, 24.0537)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.56

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1489 #438914

analogous

#1F1489 #5A1489 #89147D

triadic

#5A1489 #895A14 #14895A

tetradic

#5A1489 #891F14 #438914 #147D89

square

#5A1489 #891F14 #438914 #147D89

split-complementary

#5A1489 #7D8914 #14891F

monochromatic

#14041E #370C54 #5A1489 #7D1CBE #9D36E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#5A1489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5A1489 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1489

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1489	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 20, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.176 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5dac',
    500: '#5a1489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1489;
$custom-light: #8e5dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.897,
    "s": 74.522,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37823,
    "c": 0.1761,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1489

secondary

#70BD3C

accent

#F13782

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1489

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

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