#5A158A#5A158A

#5A158A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.176 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A158A
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 138)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 84.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 50.06, -50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 70.87, 314.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% 0.103 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.176 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0710, 4.5450, 24.4392)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.66

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A158A #458A15

analogous

#20158A #5A158A #8A157F

triadic

#5A158A #8A5A15 #158A5A

tetradic

#5A158A #8A2015 #458A15 #157F8A

square

#5A158A #8A2015 #458A15 #157F8A

split-complementary

#5A158A #7F8A15 #158A20

monochromatic

#150520 #370D55 #5A158A #7D1DBF #9C39E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#5A158A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5A158A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A158A

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A158A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A158A	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a158a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.176 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5dad',
    500: '#5a158a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a158a;
$custom-light: #8e5dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a158a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.385,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37987,
    "c": 0.17622,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A158A

secondary

#72BE3D

accent

#F03883

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A158A

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

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