#5A1787#5A1787

#5A1787 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.172 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1787
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 135)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 83%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.37, 48.69, -48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.37, 68.61, 315.21°)
OKLab	oklab(37.89% 0.1024 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(37.89% 0.172 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8951, 4.5358, 23.3239)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1787 #448717

analogous

#221787 #5A1787 #87177C

triadic

#5A1787 #875A17 #17875A

tetradic

#5A1787 #872217 #448717 #177C87

square

#5A1787 #872217 #448717 #177C87

split-complementary

#5A1787 #7C8717 #178722

monochromatic

#14051E #370E53 #5A1787 #7D20BB #9C3BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#5A1787 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5A1787 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1787

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1787	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1787	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1787;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.172 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eab',
    500: '#5a1787',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1787;
$custom-light: #8e5eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1787",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.893,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37887,
    "c": 0.17155,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1787

secondary

#71BB3F

accent

#EE3A82

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1787

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

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