#5A1779#5A1779

#5A1779 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.158 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1779
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 121)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 81%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 45.53, -41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 61.52, 317.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.72% 0.1059 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(36.72% 0.158 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9734, 4.1672, 18.4698)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1779 #367917

analogous

#291779 #5A1779 #791767

triadic

#5A1779 #795A17 #17795A

tetradic

#5A1779 #792917 #367917 #176779

square

#5A1779 #792917 #367917 #176779

split-complementary

#5A1779 #677917 #177929

monochromatic

#13051A #340D46 #5A1779 #8021AC #A432D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#5A1779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5A1779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1779

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1779	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.158 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da0',
    500: '#5a1779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1779;
$custom-light: #8d5da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.02,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3672,
    "c": 0.15793,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1779

secondary

#61AE3E

accent

#EB3D74

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1779

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

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