#5A167D#5A167D

#5A167D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.163 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A167D
RGB	rgb(90, 22, 125)
HSL	hsl(280, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 82.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.41, 46.78, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.41, 63.95, 317.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.1059 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.163 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2043, 4.2283, 19.7820)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A167D #397D16

analogous

#27167D #5A167D #7D166D

triadic

#5A167D #7D5A16 #167D5A

tetradic

#5A167D #7D2716 #397D16 #166D7D

square

#5A167D #7D2716 #397D16 #166D7D

split-complementary

#5A167D #6D7D16 #167D27

monochromatic

#13051A #350D49 #5A167D #7F1FB1 #A232DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#5A167D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5A167D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A167D

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A167D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A167D	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a167d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 22, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.163 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da3',
    500: '#5a167d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a167d;
$custom-light: #8d5da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a167d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.612,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36958,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A167D

secondary

#65B23D

accent

#ED3B77

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A167D

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

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