#5A1584#5A1584

#5A1584 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.170 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1584
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 132)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 84.1%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.88, 48.69, -47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.88, 67.86, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.1048 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.17 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6486, 4.3761, 22.2144)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.71

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1584 #3F8415

analogous

#221584 #5A1584 #841577

triadic

#5A1584 #845A15 #15845A

tetradic

#5A1584 #842215 #3F8415 #157784

square

#5A1584 #842215 #3F8415 #157784

split-complementary

#5A1584 #778415 #158422

monochromatic

#12041A #360D4F #5A1584 #7E1DB9 #9E35DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#5A1584 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5A1584 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1584

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1584	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1584	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53334E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1584;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.170 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da9',
    500: '#5a1584',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1584;
$custom-light: #8e5da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1584",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 72.549,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37465,
    "c": 0.17046,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1584

secondary

#6BB93C

accent

#EF397E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1584

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

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