#5A175A#5A175A

#5A175A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.129 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A175A
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(300, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(300, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.03, 39.13, -24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.03, 46.28, 327.74°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.1091 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.129 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3682, 3.5251, 10.0159)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A175A #175A17

analogous

#39175A #5A175A #5A1739

triadic

#5A175A #5A5A17 #175A5A

tetradic

#5A175A #5A3917 #175A17 #17395A

square

#5A175A #5A3917 #175A17 #17395A

split-complementary

#5A175A #395A17 #175A39

monochromatic

#180618 #290B29 #5A175A #8B238B #BB30BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#5A175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#5A175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A175A

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A175A	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C2F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.129 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5b89',
    500: '#5a175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a175a;
$custom-light: #8b5b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34476,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A175A

secondary

#3C913C

accent

#E24545

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A175A

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

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