#5A159E#5A159E

#5A159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.196 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A159E
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(270, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.24, 54.72, -59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.24, 80.83, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(39.82% 0.096 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(39.82% 0.196 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6546, 5.1785, 32.7793)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A159E #599E15

analogous

#16159E #5A159E #9E159D

triadic

#5A159E #9E5A15 #159E5A

tetradic

#5A159E #9E1615 #599E15 #159D9E

square

#5A159E #9E1615 #599E15 #159D9E

split-complementary

#5A159E #9D9E15 #159E16

monochromatic

#1C0732 #3B0E68 #5A159E #791CD4 #9747E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#5A159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5A159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A159E

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A159E	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.196 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905ebc',
    500: '#5a159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a159e;
$custom-light: #905ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.219,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3982,
    "c": 0.19555,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A159E

secondary

#87C747

accent

#F33593

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A159E

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

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