#5A168D#5A168D

#5A168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.178 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A168D
RGB	rgb(90, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.77, 50.42, -51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.77, 72.02, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.33% 0.1013 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(38.33% 0.178 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3100, 4.6706, 25.6052)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A168D #498D16

analogous

#1F168D #5A168D #8D1685

triadic

#5A168D #8D5A16 #168D5A

tetradic

#5A168D #8D1F16 #498D16 #16858D

square

#5A168D #8D1F16 #498D16 #16858D

split-complementary

#5A168D #858D16 #168D1F

monochromatic

#160523 #380E58 #5A168D #7C1EC2 #9A3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#5A168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5A168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A168D

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A168D	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.178 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eaf',
    500: '#5a168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a168d;
$custom-light: #8e5eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38331,
    "c": 0.17827,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A168D

secondary

#76C13E

accent

#F03887

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A168D

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

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