#5A157D#5A157D

#5A157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.164 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A157D
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.29, 47.13, -43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.29, 64.33, 317.10°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.1067 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.164 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1856, 4.1909, 19.7758)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A157D #387D15

analogous

#26157D #5A157D #7D156C

triadic

#5A157D #7D5A15 #157D5A

tetradic

#5A157D #7D2615 #387D15 #156C7D

square

#5A157D #7D2615 #387D15 #156C7D

split-complementary

#5A157D #6C7D15 #157D26

monochromatic

#13041A #340C49 #5A157D #801EB1 #A230DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#5A157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5A157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A157D

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A157D	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.164 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ca3',
    500: '#5a157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a157d;
$custom-light: #8d5ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.808,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36875,
    "c": 0.16376,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A157D

secondary

#64B23C

accent

#EE3A76

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A157D

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

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