#5A196B#5A196B

#5A196B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.142 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A196B
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(288, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(288, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.44, 41.73, -33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.44, 53.59, 321.14°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.1062 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.142 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2176, 3.9308, 14.2856)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A196B #2A6B19

analogous

#31196B #5A196B #6B1953

triadic

#5A196B #6B5A19 #196B5A

tetradic

#5A196B #6B3119 #2A6B19 #19536B

square

#5A196B #6B3119 #2A6B19 #19536B

split-complementary

#5A196B #536B19 #196B31

monochromatic

#150619 #300D39 #5A196B #84259D #AD30CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#5A196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5A196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A196B

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A196B	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.142 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5d96',
    500: '#5a196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a196b;
$custom-light: #8c5d96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.561,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35841,
    "c": 0.1421,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A196B

secondary

#53A13F

accent

#E54364

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A196B

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

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