#5A168C#5A168C

#5A168C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.177 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A168C
RGB	rgb(90, 22, 140)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 84.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.69, 50.19, -50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.69, 71.51, 314.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% 0.1017 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.177 305)
XYZ	xyz(9.2359, 4.6410, 25.2151)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A168C #488C16

analogous

#1F168C #5A168C #8C1683

triadic

#5A168C #8C5A16 #168C5A

tetradic

#5A168C #8C1F16 #488C16 #16838C

square

#5A168C #8C1F16 #488C16 #16838C

split-complementary

#5A168C #838C16 #168C1F

monochromatic

#160522 #380E57 #5A168C #7C1EC1 #9B3CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#5A168C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5A168C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A168C

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A168C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A168C	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a168c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 22, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.177 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eaf',
    500: '#5a168c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a168c;
$custom-light: #8e5eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a168c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.576,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38242,
    "c": 0.1773,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.04641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A168C

secondary

#75C03E

accent

#F03886

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A168C

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

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