#5A185E#5A185E

#5A185E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.131 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A185E
RGB	rgb(90, 24, 94)
HSL	hsl(297, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(297, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 74.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, 39.49, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 47.69, 325.91°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.108 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.131 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5633, 3.6355, 10.9435)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5A185E #1C5E18

analogous

#37185E #5A185E #5E183F

triadic

#5A185E #5E5A18 #185E5A

tetradic

#5A185E #5E3718 #1C5E18 #183F5E

square

#5A185E #5E3718 #1C5E18 #183F5E

split-complementary

#5A185E #3F5E18 #185E37

monochromatic

#170618 #2B0C2D #5A185E #89248F #B731C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#5A185E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#5A185E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A185E

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A185E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A185E	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27385C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a185e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 24, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.131 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5c8c',
    500: '#5a185e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a185e;
$custom-light: #8b5c8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a185e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34838,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A185E

secondary

#42943D

accent

#E3454E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A185E

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

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