#5A1689#5A1689

#5A1689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.174 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1689
RGB	rgb(90, 22, 137)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.42, 49.50, -49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.42, 70.00, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.1026 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.174 306)
XYZ	xyz(9.0177, 4.5537, 24.0659)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.74

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1689 #458916

analogous

#201689 #5A1689 #89167E

triadic

#5A1689 #895A16 #16895A

tetradic

#5A1689 #892016 #458916 #167E89

square

#5A1689 #892016 #458916 #167E89

split-complementary

#5A1689 #7E8916 #168920

monochromatic

#150520 #370E54 #5A1689 #7D1EBE #9C3ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#5A1689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5A1689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1689

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1689	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.174 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5dac',
    500: '#5a1689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1689;
$custom-light: #8e5dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.478,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37978,
    "c": 0.17439,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.04554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1689

secondary

#72BD3E

accent

#EF3983

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1689

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

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