#5A1786#5A1786

#5A1786 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.171 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1786
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 134)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 82.8%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.28, 48.46, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.28, 68.11, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.1027 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.171 307)
XYZ	xyz(8.8250, 4.5078, 22.9548)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1786 #438617

analogous

#221786 #5A1786 #86177A

triadic

#5A1786 #865A17 #17865A

tetradic

#5A1786 #862217 #438617 #177A86

square

#5A1786 #862217 #438617 #177A86

split-complementary

#5A1786 #7A8617 #178622

monochromatic

#14051E #370E52 #5A1786 #7D20BA #9D3ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#5A1786 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5A1786 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1786

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1786	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1786	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52354F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1786;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.171 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eaa',
    500: '#5a1786',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1786;
$custom-light: #8e5eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1786",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.216,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37801,
    "c": 0.17057,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.04508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1786

secondary

#70BA3F

accent

#ED3A81

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1786

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

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