#5A1789#5A1789

#5A1789 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.173 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1789
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 137)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 83.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 49.15, -49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 69.62, 314.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.06% 0.1018 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(38.06% 0.174 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0372, 4.5927, 24.0724)
Luminance	0.0459 (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

#5A1789 #468917

analogous

#211789 #5A1789 #89177F

triadic

#5A1789 #895A17 #17895A

tetradic

#5A1789 #892117 #468917 #177F89

square

#5A1789 #892117 #468917 #177F89

split-complementary

#5A1789 #7F8917 #178921

monochromatic

#150520 #380E55 #5A1789 #7C20BD #9B3CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#5A1789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5A1789 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1789

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1789	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.173 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eac',
    500: '#5a1789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1789;
$custom-light: #8e5eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.263,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3806,
    "c": 0.1735,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1789

secondary

#73BD3F

accent

#EE3A84

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1789

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

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