#5A157C#5A157C

#5A157C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.163 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A157C
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 46.91, -43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 63.83, 317.30°)
OKLab	oklab(36.79% 0.1069 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(36.79% 0.163 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1220, 4.1654, 19.4410)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A157C #377C15

analogous

#26157C #5A157C #7C156A

triadic

#5A157C #7C5A15 #157C5A

tetradic

#5A157C #7C2615 #377C15 #156A7C

square

#5A157C #7C2615 #377C15 #156A7C

split-complementary

#5A157C #6A7C15 #157C26

monochromatic

#13041A #340C48 #5A157C #801EB0 #A330DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#5A157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5A157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A157C

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A157C	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.163 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ca3',
    500: '#5a157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a157c;
$custom-light: #8d5ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.194,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36792,
    "c": 0.16281,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A157C

secondary

#62B13C

accent

#EE3A75

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A157C

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

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