#5A179E#5A179E

#5A179E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.194 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A179E
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 158)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 85.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.45, 54.09, -59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.45, 80.15, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(39.97% 0.0948 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(39.97% 0.194 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6928, 5.2549, 32.7921)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A179E #5B9E17

analogous

#17179E #5A179E #9D179E

triadic

#5A179E #9E5A17 #179E5A

tetradic

#5A179E #9E1717 #5B9E17 #179E9D

square

#5A179E #9E1717 #5B9E17 #179E9D

split-complementary

#5A179E #9E9D17 #179E17

monochromatic

#1D0733 #3C0F69 #5A179E #781FD3 #974BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#5A179E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5A179E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A179E

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A179E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A179E	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a179e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.194 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905fbc',
    500: '#5a179e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a179e;
$custom-light: #905fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a179e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.778,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39965,
    "c": 0.19409,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A179E

secondary

#89C64A

accent

#F13795

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A179E

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

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