#5A1769#5A1769

#5A1769 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.143 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1769
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 105)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(289, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 78.1%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 42.10, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 53.50, 321.91°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.1085 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.143 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0723, 3.8067, 13.7241)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.13

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1769 #266917

analogous

#311769 #5A1769 #69174F

triadic

#5A1769 #695A17 #17695A

tetradic

#5A1769 #693117 #266917 #174F69

square

#5A1769 #693117 #266917 #174F69

split-complementary

#5A1769 #4F6917 #176931

monochromatic

#160519 #2F0C37 #5A1769 #85229B #B02DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#5A1769 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5A1769 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1769

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1769	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1769	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1769;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.143 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5c94',
    500: '#5a1769',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1769;
$custom-light: #8c5c94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1769",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.024,
    "s": 64.063,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35498,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1769

secondary

#4F9F3D

accent

#E7415F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1769

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

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