#5A168E#5A168E

#5A168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.179 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A168E
RGB	rgb(90, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.86, 50.65, -51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.86, 72.52, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.101 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.179 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3847, 4.7005, 25.9988)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A168E #4A8E16

analogous

#1E168E #5A168E #8E1686

triadic

#5A168E #8E5A16 #168E5A

tetradic

#5A168E #8E1E16 #4A8E16 #16868E

square

#5A168E #8E1E16 #4A8E16 #16868E

split-complementary

#5A168E #868E16 #168E1E

monochromatic

#170624 #380E59 #5A168E #7C1EC3 #9A3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#5A168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5A168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A168E

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A168E	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.179 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eb0',
    500: '#5a168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a168e;
$custom-light: #8e5eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3842,
    "c": 0.17924,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A168E

secondary

#77C13F

accent

#F03888

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A168E

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

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