#5A167E#5A167E

#5A167E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.164 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A167E
RGB	rgb(90, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 47.00, -44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 64.45, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.1056 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.164 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2685, 4.2540, 20.1202)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.18

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A167E #3A7E16

analogous

#26167E #5A167E #7E166E

triadic

#5A167E #7E5A16 #167E5A

tetradic

#5A167E #7E2616 #3A7E16 #166E7E

square

#5A167E #7E2616 #3A7E16 #166E7E

split-complementary

#5A167E #6E7E16 #167E26

monochromatic

#13051A #350D4A #5A167E #7F1FB2 #A133DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#5A167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5A167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A167E

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A167E	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.164 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da4',
    500: '#5a167e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a167e;
$custom-light: #8d5da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37041,
    "c": 0.16376,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A167E

secondary

#66B33D

accent

#ED3B78

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A167E

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

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