#5A196D#5A196D

#5A196D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.144 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A196D
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(286, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.58, 42.15, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.58, 54.59, 320.54°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.106 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.144 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3240, 3.9734, 14.8462)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A196D #2C6D19

analogous

#30196D #5A196D #6D1956

triadic

#5A196D #6D5A19 #196D5A

tetradic

#5A196D #6D3019 #2C6D19 #19566D

square

#5A196D #6D3019 #2C6D19 #19566D

split-complementary

#5A196D #566D19 #196D30

monochromatic

#150619 #310E3B #5A196D #83249F #AC31D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#5A196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5A196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A196D

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A196D	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.144 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5d97',
    500: '#5a196d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a196d;
$custom-light: #8c5d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.429,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35987,
    "c": 0.14403,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A196D

secondary

#56A23F

accent

#E64267

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A196D

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

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