#5A175E#5A175E

#5A175E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.132 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A175E
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(297, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(297, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.28, 39.90, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.28, 48.16, 325.95°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.1092 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.132 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5431, 3.5950, 10.9368)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A175E #1B5E17

analogous

#36175E #5A175E #5E173E

triadic

#5A175E #5E5A17 #175E5A

tetradic

#5A175E #5E3617 #1B5E17 #173E5E

square

#5A175E #5E3617 #1B5E17 #173E5E

split-complementary

#5A175E #3E5E17 #175E36

monochromatic

#180619 #2B0B2D #5A175E #89238F #B82FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#5A175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5A175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A175E

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A175E	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#053060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26385C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.132 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5b8c',
    500: '#5a175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a175e;
$custom-light: #8b5b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.62,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34736,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A175E

secondary

#41953C

accent

#E4444D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A175E

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

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