#5A1972#5A1972

#5A1972 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.149 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1972
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 114)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(284, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 78.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 43.23, -37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 57.12, 319.19°)
OKLab	oklab(36.36% 0.1053 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(36.36% 0.149 315)
XYZ	xyz(7.6008, 4.0841, 16.3043)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1972 #317219

analogous

#2D1972 #5A1972 #72195E

triadic

#5A1972 #725A19 #19725A

tetradic

#5A1972 #722D19 #317219 #195E72

square

#5A1972 #722D19 #317219 #195E72

split-complementary

#5A1972 #5E7219 #19722D

monochromatic

#140619 #320E40 #5A1972 #8224A4 #A733D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#5A1972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5A1972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1972

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1972	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.149 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5d9b',
    500: '#5a1972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1972;
$custom-light: #8c5d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.82,
    "s": 64.029,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36361,
    "c": 0.14891,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.04084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1972

secondary

#5CA740

accent

#E7416E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1972

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

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