#5A1590#5A1590

#5A1590 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.182 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1590
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 144)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 85.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 51.44, -53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 73.88, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.1011 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.182 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5175, 4.7236, 26.7905)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1590 #4B9015

analogous

#1D1590 #5A1590 #901588

triadic

#5A1590 #905A15 #15905A

tetradic

#5A1590 #901D15 #4B9015 #158890

square

#5A1590 #901D15 #4B9015 #158890

split-complementary

#5A1590 #889015 #15901D

monochromatic

#170525 #390D5B #5A1590 #7B1DC5 #9A3DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#5A1590 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5A1590 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1590

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1590	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1590	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.182 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5db1',
    500: '#5a1590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1590;
$custom-light: #8f5db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.659,
    "s": 74.545,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38522,
    "c": 0.18201,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1590

secondary

#78C23E

accent

#F13789

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1590

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

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