#5A158E#5A158E

#5A158E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.180 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A158E
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 142)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 85.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 50.98, -52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 72.88, 314.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.34% 0.1017 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(38.34% 0.18 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3660, 4.6630, 25.9926)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A158E #498E15

analogous

#1E158E #5A158E #8E1586

triadic

#5A158E #8E5A15 #158E5A

tetradic

#5A158E #8E1E15 #498E15 #15868E

square

#5A158E #8E1E15 #498E15 #15868E

split-complementary

#5A158E #868E15 #158E1E

monochromatic

#160523 #380D59 #5A158E #7C1DC3 #9A3BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#5A158E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5A158E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A158E

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A158E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A158E	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a158e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.180 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5db0',
    500: '#5a158e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a158e;
$custom-light: #8e5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a158e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.215,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38343,
    "c": 0.18007,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A158E

secondary

#76C23D

accent

#F13787

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A158E

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

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