#5A168B#5A168B

#5A168B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.176 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A168B
RGB	rgb(90, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.60, 49.96, -50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.60, 71.01, 314.71°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% 0.102 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.176 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1625, 4.6116, 24.8285)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A168B #478B16

analogous

#20168B #5A168B #8B1682

triadic

#5A168B #8B5A16 #168B5A

tetradic

#5A168B #8B2016 #478B16 #16828B

square

#5A168B #8B2016 #478B16 #16828B

split-complementary

#5A168B #828B16 #168B20

monochromatic

#160521 #380E56 #5A168B #7C1EC0 #9B3BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#5A168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5A168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A168B

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A168B	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.176 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eae',
    500: '#5a168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a168b;
$custom-light: #8e5eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.872,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38154,
    "c": 0.17633,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A168B

secondary

#74BF3E

accent

#EF3885

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A168B

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

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