#5A169E#5A169E

#5A169E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.195 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A169E
RGB	rgb(90, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.34, 54.41, -59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.34, 80.50, 312.53°)
OKLab	oklab(39.89% 0.0954 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(39.89% 0.195 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6733, 5.2160, 32.7856)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A169E #5A9E16

analogous

#16169E #5A169E #9E169E

triadic

#5A169E #9E5A16 #169E5A

tetradic

#5A169E #9E1616 #5A9E16 #169E9E

square

#5A169E #9E1616 #5A9E16 #169E9E

split-complementary

#5A169E #9E9E16 #169E16

monochromatic

#1D0733 #3B0F68 #5A169E #791DD4 #9749E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#5A169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5A169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A169E

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A169E	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.195 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905fbc',
    500: '#5a169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a169e;
$custom-light: #905fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39891,
    "c": 0.19484,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A169E

secondary

#88C749

accent

#F23694

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A169E

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

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