#5A1879#5A1879

#5A1879 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.157 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1879
RGB	rgb(90, 24, 121)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 80.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 45.16, -41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 61.10, 317.65°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% 0.105 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.157 312)
XYZ	xyz(7.9936, 4.2076, 18.4765)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1879 #377918

analogous

#291879 #5A1879 #791867

triadic

#5A1879 #795A18 #18795A

tetradic

#5A1879 #792918 #377918 #186779

square

#5A1879 #792918 #377918 #186779

split-complementary

#5A1879 #677918 #187929

monochromatic

#13051A #340E46 #5A1879 #8022AC #A335D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#5A1879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5A1879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1879

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1879	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 24, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.157 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da0',
    500: '#5a1879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1879;
$custom-light: #8d5da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.825,
    "s": 66.897,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36812,
    "c": 0.15686,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.04207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1879

secondary

#62AE3F

accent

#EA3E75

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1879

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

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