#5A157F#5A157F

#5A157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.166 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A157F
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.46, 47.57, -44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.46, 65.34, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.1062 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.166 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3146, 4.2425, 20.4554)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A157F #3A7F15

analogous

#25157F #5A157F #7F156F

triadic

#5A157F #7F5A15 #157F5A

tetradic

#5A157F #7F2515 #3A7F15 #156F7F

square

#5A157F #7F2515 #3A7F15 #156F7F

split-complementary

#5A157F #6F7F15 #157F25

monochromatic

#13041A #350C4A #5A157F #7F1EB4 #A131DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#5A157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5A157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A157F

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A157F	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.166 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ca5',
    500: '#5a157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a157f;
$custom-light: #8d5ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.057,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37041,
    "c": 0.16567,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A157F

secondary

#66B43C

accent

#EE3979

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A157F

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

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