#5A17A0#5A17A0

#5A17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.196 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A17A0
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(269, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.64, 54.57, -60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.64, 81.14, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(40.15% 0.0941 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(40.15% 0.196 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8664, 5.3243, 33.7061)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A17A0 #5DA017

analogous

#1719A0 #5A17A0 #9E17A0

triadic

#5A17A0 #A05A17 #17A05A

tetradic

#5A17A0 #A01719 #5DA017 #17A09E

square

#5A17A0 #A01719 #5DA017 #17A09E

split-complementary

#5A17A0 #A09E17 #19A017

monochromatic

#1E0835 #3C0F6A #5A17A0 #781FD6 #974CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#5A17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5A17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A17A0

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A17A0	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.196 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905fbd',
    500: '#5a17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a17a0;
$custom-light: #905fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.343,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40154,
    "c": 0.19606,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A17A0

secondary

#8BC74C

accent

#F13696

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A17A0

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

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