#5A148C#5A148C

#5A148C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.179 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A148C
RGB	rgb(90, 20, 140)
HSL	hsl(275, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 85.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.47, 50.84, -51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.47, 72.23, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(38.09% 0.1031 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(38.09% 0.179 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1992, 4.5675, 25.2028)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A148C #468C14

analogous

#1E148C #5A148C #8C1482

triadic

#5A148C #8C5A14 #148C5A

tetradic

#5A148C #8C1E14 #468C14 #14828C

square

#5A148C #8C1E14 #468C14 #14828C

split-complementary

#5A148C #828C14 #148C1E

monochromatic

#150521 #380C56 #5A148C #7C1CC2 #9B38E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#5A148C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5A148C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A148C

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A148C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A148C	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a148c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 20, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.179 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5daf',
    500: '#5a148c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a148c;
$custom-light: #8e5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a148c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38089,
    "c": 0.17897,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A148C

secondary

#73C03C

accent

#F23684

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A148C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →