#5A157E#5A157E

#5A157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.165 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A157E
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 47.35, -44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 64.84, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.1064 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.165 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2498, 4.2165, 20.1139)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.09

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A157E #397E15

analogous

#26157E #5A157E #7E156E

triadic

#5A157E #7E5A15 #157E5A

tetradic

#5A157E #7E2615 #397E15 #156E7E

square

#5A157E #7E2615 #397E15 #156E7E

split-complementary

#5A157E #6E7E15 #157E26

monochromatic

#13041A #350C4A #5A157E #7F1EB2 #A231DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#5A157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5A157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A157E

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A157E	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.165 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ca4',
    500: '#5a157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a157e;
$custom-light: #8d5ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36958,
    "c": 0.16472,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A157E

secondary

#65B33C

accent

#EE3A78

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A157E

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