#5A158C#5A158C

#5A158C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.178 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A158C
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 140)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 85%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.57, 50.52, -51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.57, 71.88, 314.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.1024 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.178 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2172, 4.6035, 25.2088)
Luminance	0.0460 (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

#5A158C #478C15

analogous

#1F158C #5A158C #8C1583

triadic

#5A158C #8C5A15 #158C5A

tetradic

#5A158C #8C1F15 #478C15 #15838C

square

#5A158C #8C1F15 #478C15 #15838C

split-complementary

#5A158C #838C15 #158C1F

monochromatic

#160522 #380D57 #5A158C #7C1DC1 #9B3AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#5A158C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5A158C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A158C

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A158C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A158C	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a158c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.178 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5daf',
    500: '#5a158c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a158c;
$custom-light: #8e5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a158c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.79,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38164,
    "c": 0.17814,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A158C

secondary

#74C03D

accent

#F13785

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A158C

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