#5A1796#5A1796

#5A1796 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.186 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1796
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 150)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 84.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.70, 52.19, -55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.70, 76.17, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.0977 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.186 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.0265, 4.9884, 29.2829)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.07

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1796 #539617

analogous

#1B1796 #5A1796 #961793

triadic

#5A1796 #965A17 #17965A

tetradic

#5A1796 #961B17 #539617 #179396

square

#5A1796 #961B17 #539617 #179396

split-complementary

#5A1796 #939617 #17961B

monochromatic

#1A072C #3A0F61 #5A1796 #7A1FCB #9845E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#5A1796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5A1796 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1796

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1796	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.186 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5fb6',
    500: '#5a1796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1796;
$custom-light: #8f5fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.654,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39222,
    "c": 0.18623,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1796

secondary

#81C345

accent

#F0388F

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1796

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

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