#5A187D#5A187D

#5A187D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.161 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A187D
RGB	rgb(90, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 80.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.66, 46.05, -43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.66, 63.14, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.1041 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.161 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2440, 4.3078, 19.7953)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A187D #3B7D18

analogous

#28187D #5A187D #7D186E

triadic

#5A187D #7D5A18 #187D5A

tetradic

#5A187D #7D2818 #3B7D18 #186E7D

square

#5A187D #7D2818 #3B7D18 #186E7D

split-complementary

#5A187D #6E7D18 #187D28

monochromatic

#12051A #350E4A #5A187D #7F22B0 #A137D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#5A187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5A187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A187D

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A187D	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.161 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da3',
    500: '#5a187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a187d;
$custom-light: #8d5da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.208,
    "s": 67.785,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37135,
    "c": 0.16078,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A187D

secondary

#67B23F

accent

#EB3D79

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A187D

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

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