#5A168A#5A168A

#5A168A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.175 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A168A
RGB	rgb(90, 22, 138)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 84.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 49.73, -49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 70.51, 314.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.07% 0.1023 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(38.07% 0.175 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0898, 4.5825, 24.4455)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A168A #468A16

analogous

#20168A #5A168A #8A1680

triadic

#5A168A #8A5A16 #168A5A

tetradic

#5A168A #8A2016 #468A16 #16808A

square

#5A168A #8A2016 #468A16 #16808A

split-complementary

#5A168A #808A16 #168A20

monochromatic

#150520 #380E55 #5A168A #7C1EBF #9B3BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#5A168A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5A168A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A168A

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A168A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A168A	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a168a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 22, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.175 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5dad',
    500: '#5a168a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a168a;
$custom-light: #8e5dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a168a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38066,
    "c": 0.17536,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A168A

secondary

#73BE3E

accent

#EF3984

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A168A

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

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