#5A1586#5A1586

#5A1586 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.172 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1586
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 134)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 84.3%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 49.15, -48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 68.86, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% 0.1042 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.172 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7868, 4.4313, 22.9421)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.65

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1586 #418615

analogous

#211586 #5A1586 #861579

triadic

#5A1586 #865A15 #15865A

tetradic

#5A1586 #862115 #418615 #157986

square

#5A1586 #862115 #418615 #157986

split-complementary

#5A1586 #798615 #158621

monochromatic

#13041C #360D51 #5A1586 #7E1DBB #9D36DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#5A1586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5A1586 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1586

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1586	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.172 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5daa',
    500: '#5a1586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1586;
$custom-light: #8e5daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.637,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37638,
    "c": 0.17238,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1586

secondary

#6DBA3C

accent

#F03880

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1586

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

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