#5A1581#5A1581

#5A1581 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.168 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1581
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 129)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 83.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 48.02, -45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 66.35, 316.37°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.1056 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.168 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4462, 4.2951, 21.1487)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.86

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1581 #3C8115

analogous

#241581 #5A1581 #811572

triadic

#5A1581 #815A15 #15815A

tetradic

#5A1581 #812415 #3C8115 #157281

square

#5A1581 #812415 #3C8115 #157281

split-complementary

#5A1581 #728115 #158124

monochromatic

#12041A #350C4C #5A1581 #7F1EB6 #A033DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#5A1581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5A1581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1581

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1581	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.168 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da6',
    500: '#5a1581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1581;
$custom-light: #8d5da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3721,
    "c": 0.16759,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1581

secondary

#68B63C

accent

#EF397B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1581

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

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