#5A1889#5A1889

#5A1889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.173 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1889
RGB	rgb(90, 24, 137)
HSL	hsl(275, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 82.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, 48.80, -49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 69.23, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% 0.101 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.173 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0574, 4.6331, 24.0792)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1889 #478918

analogous

#221889 #5A1889 #891880

triadic

#5A1889 #895A18 #18895A

tetradic

#5A1889 #892218 #478918 #188089

square

#5A1889 #892218 #478918 #188089

split-complementary

#5A1889 #808918 #188922

monochromatic

#160621 #380F55 #5A1889 #7C21BD #9B3EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#5A1889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5A1889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1889

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1889	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 24, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.173 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eac',
    500: '#5a1889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1889;
$custom-light: #8e5eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.044,
    "s": 70.186,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38145,
    "c": 0.17257,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1889

secondary

#74BD40

accent

#ED3B85

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1889

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

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