#5A175C#5A175C

#5A175C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.131 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A175C
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 92)
HSL	hsl(298, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(298, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 75%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.16, 39.51, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.16, 47.21, 326.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.6% 0.1092 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(34.6% 0.131 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4545, 3.5596, 10.4702)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A175C #195C17

analogous

#38175C #5A175C #5C173B

triadic

#5A175C #5C5A17 #175C5A

tetradic

#5A175C #5C3817 #195C17 #173B5C

square

#5A175C #5C3817 #195C17 #173B5C

split-complementary

#5A175C #3B5C17 #175C38

monochromatic

#180618 #2A0B2B #5A175C #8A238D #BA2FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#5A175C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#5A175C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A175C

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A175C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A175C	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09305E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27385A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a175c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.131 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5b8a',
    500: '#5a175c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a175c;
$custom-light: #8b5b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a175c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.261,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34604,
    "c": 0.13059,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A175C

secondary

#3E933C

accent

#E34549

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A175C

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

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