#5A165E#5A165E

#5A165E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.134 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A165E
RGB	rgb(90, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(297, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(297, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.15, 40.29, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.15, 48.61, 326.00°)
OKLab	oklab(34.64% 0.1103 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(34.64% 0.134 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5236, 3.5561, 10.9303)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A165E #1A5E16

analogous

#36165E #5A165E #5E163E

triadic

#5A165E #5E5A16 #165E5A

tetradic

#5A165E #5E3616 #1A5E16 #163E5E

square

#5A165E #5E3616 #1A5E16 #163E5E

split-complementary

#5A165E #3E5E16 #165E36

monochromatic

#180619 #2B0A2C #5A165E #892290 #B92DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#5A165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#5A165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A165E

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A165E	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#043060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26385C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.134 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5b8c',
    500: '#5a165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a165e;
$custom-light: #8b5b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34636,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A165E

secondary

#40953B

accent

#E5434C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A165E

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

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