#5A157B#5A157B

#5A157B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.162 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A157B
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.13, 46.69, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.13, 63.33, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.1072 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.162 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0591, 4.1403, 19.1097)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A157B #367B15

analogous

#27157B #5A157B #7B1569

triadic

#5A157B #7B5A15 #157B5A

tetradic

#5A157B #7B2715 #367B15 #15697B

square

#5A157B #7B2715 #367B15 #15697B

split-complementary

#5A157B #697B15 #157B27

monochromatic

#13041A #340C47 #5A157B #801EAF #A42FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#5A157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5A157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A157B

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A157B	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.162 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ca2',
    500: '#5a157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a157b;
$custom-light: #8d5ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.588,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3671,
    "c": 0.16185,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A157B

secondary

#61B03B

accent

#EE3A74

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A157B

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

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