#5A196E#5A196E

#5A196E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.145 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A196E
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(286, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.65, 42.36, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.65, 55.09, 320.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.06% 0.1059 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(36.06% 0.145 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3781, 3.9950, 15.1313)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A196E #2D6E19

analogous

#30196E #5A196E #6E1958

triadic

#5A196E #6E5A19 #196E5A

tetradic

#5A196E #6E3019 #2D6E19 #19586E

square

#5A196E #6E3019 #2D6E19 #19586E

split-complementary

#5A196E #586E19 #196E30

monochromatic

#140619 #310E3C #5A196E #8324A0 #AB31D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#5A196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5A196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A196E

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A196E	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.145 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5d98',
    500: '#5a196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a196e;
$custom-light: #8c5d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36061,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A196E

secondary

#57A33F

accent

#E64268

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A196E

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

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