#5A1589#5A1589

#5A1589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.175 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1589
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 137)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 84.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.31, 49.83, -49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.31, 70.37, 315.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.9% 0.1033 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(37.9% 0.175 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9990, 4.5162, 24.0597)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1589 #448915

analogous

#201589 #5A1589 #89157E

triadic

#5A1589 #895A15 #15895A

tetradic

#5A1589 #892015 #448915 #157E89

square

#5A1589 #892015 #448915 #157E89

split-complementary

#5A1589 #7E8915 #158920

monochromatic

#14051F #370D54 #5A1589 #7D1DBE #9C38E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#5A1589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5A1589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1589

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1589	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.175 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5dac',
    500: '#5a1589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1589;
$custom-light: #8e5dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.69,
    "s": 73.418,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37899,
    "c": 0.17527,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1589

secondary

#71BD3D

accent

#F03882

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1589

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

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