#5A169F#5A169F

#5A169F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.196 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A169F
RGB	rgb(90, 22, 159)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 86.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.44, 54.65, -59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.44, 80.99, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39.99% 0.0951 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(39.99% 0.196 299)
XYZ	xyz(10.7598, 5.2505, 33.2407)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A169F #5B9F16

analogous

#16169F #5A169F #9E169F

triadic

#5A169F #9F5A16 #169F5A

tetradic

#5A169F #9F1616 #5B9F16 #169F9E

square

#5A169F #9F1616 #5B9F16 #169F9E

split-complementary

#5A169F #9F9E16 #169F16

monochromatic

#1D0733 #3C0F69 #5A169F #781DD5 #974AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#5A169F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5A169F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A169F

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A169F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A169F	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a169f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 22, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.196 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905fbc',
    500: '#5a169f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a169f;
$custom-light: #905fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a169f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.781,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39986,
    "c": 0.19581,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.05251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A169F

secondary

#89C74A

accent

#F23695

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A169F

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

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