#5A187E#5A187E

#5A187E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.162 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A187E
RGB	rgb(90, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.74, 46.28, -43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.74, 63.64, 316.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.22% 0.1039 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(37.22% 0.162 310)
XYZ	xyz(8.3082, 4.3335, 20.1334)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.38

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A187E #3C7E18

analogous

#27187E #5A187E #7E186F

triadic

#5A187E #7E5A18 #187E5A

tetradic

#5A187E #7E2718 #3C7E18 #186F7E

square

#5A187E #7E2718 #3C7E18 #186F7E

split-complementary

#5A187E #6F7E18 #187E27

monochromatic

#12051A #350E4B #5A187E #7F22B1 #A037D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#5A187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5A187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A187E

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A187E	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.162 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea4',
    500: '#5a187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a187e;
$custom-light: #8d5ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37217,
    "c": 0.16176,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.04333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A187E

secondary

#68B23F

accent

#EB3D7A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A187E

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