#5A157A#5A157A

#5A157A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.161 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A157A
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 46.47, -42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 62.82, 317.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.63% 0.1074 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(36.63% 0.161 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9968, 4.1154, 18.7817)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A157A #357A15

analogous

#27157A #5A157A #7A1567

triadic

#5A157A #7A5A15 #157A5A

tetradic

#5A157A #7A2715 #357A15 #15677A

square

#5A157A #7A2715 #357A15 #15677A

split-complementary

#5A157A #677A15 #157A27

monochromatic

#13041A #330C46 #5A157A #811EAE #A42EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#5A157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5A157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A157A

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A157A	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.161 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ca1',
    500: '#5a157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a157a;
$custom-light: #8d5ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.99,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36628,
    "c": 0.16091,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A157A

secondary

#60AF3B

accent

#ED3A73

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A157A

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

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