#5A187F#5A187F

#5A187F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.163 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A187F
RGB	rgb(90, 24, 127)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 81.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.83, 46.50, -44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.83, 64.15, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% 0.1037 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.163 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3731, 4.3594, 20.4749)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A187F #3D7F18

analogous

#27187F #5A187F #7F1870

triadic

#5A187F #7F5A18 #187F5A

tetradic

#5A187F #7F2718 #3D7F18 #18707F

square

#5A187F #7F2718 #3D7F18 #18707F

split-complementary

#5A187F #707F18 #187F27

monochromatic

#12051A #360E4C #5A187F #7E22B2 #9F38D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#5A187F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5A187F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A187F

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A187F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A187F	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a187f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 24, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.163 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea5',
    500: '#5a187f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a187f;
$custom-light: #8d5ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a187f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.447,
    "s": 68.212,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37299,
    "c": 0.16274,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A187F

secondary

#69B33F

accent

#EB3D7B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A187F

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