#5A187C#5A187C

#5A187C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.160 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A187C
RGB	rgb(90, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 80.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.58, 45.83, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.58, 62.63, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.1044 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.16 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1805, 4.2824, 19.4605)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A187C #3A7C18

analogous

#28187C #5A187C #7C186C

triadic

#5A187C #7C5A18 #187C5A

tetradic

#5A187C #7C2818 #3A7C18 #186C7C

square

#5A187C #7C2818 #3A7C18 #186C7C

split-complementary

#5A187C #6C7C18 #187C28

monochromatic

#13051A #350E49 #5A187C #7F22AF #A136D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#5A187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5A187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A187C

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A187C	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.160 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da3',
    500: '#5a187c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a187c;
$custom-light: #8d5da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.6,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37053,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A187C

secondary

#66B13F

accent

#EA3D78

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A187C

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

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