#5A158D#5A158D

#5A158D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.179 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A158D
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, 50.75, -51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 72.38, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.102 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.179 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2912, 4.6331, 25.5989)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A158D #488D15

analogous

#1E158D #5A158D #8D1584

triadic

#5A158D #8D5A15 #158D5A

tetradic

#5A158D #8D1E15 #488D15 #15848D

square

#5A158D #8D1E15 #488D15 #15848D

split-complementary

#5A158D #848D15 #158D1E

monochromatic

#160522 #380D58 #5A158D #7C1DC2 #9B3BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#5A158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5A158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A158D

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A158D	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.179 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5daf',
    500: '#5a158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a158d;
$custom-light: #8e5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38253,
    "c": 0.17911,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A158D

secondary

#75C13D

accent

#F13786

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A158D

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

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