#5A1785#5A1785

#5A1785 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.170 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1785
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 133)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 82.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.20, 48.23, -47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.20, 67.60, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.103 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.17 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7556, 4.4800, 22.5892)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1785 #428517

analogous

#231785 #5A1785 #851779

triadic

#5A1785 #855A17 #17855A

tetradic

#5A1785 #852317 #428517 #177985

square

#5A1785 #852317 #428517 #177985

split-complementary

#5A1785 #798517 #178523

monochromatic

#13051D #370E51 #5A1785 #7D20B9 #9D3ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#5A1785 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5A1785 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1785

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1785	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1785	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1785;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.170 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea9',
    500: '#5a1785',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1785;
$custom-light: #8e5ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1785",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.545,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37715,
    "c": 0.16959,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1785

secondary

#6FB93F

accent

#ED3B80

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1785

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

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