#5A1978#5A1978

#5A1978 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.155 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1978
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 79.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 44.55, -40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 60.16, 317.77°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.1043 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.155 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9536, 4.2252, 18.1622)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1978 #377819

analogous

#2B1978 #5A1978 #781966

triadic

#5A1978 #785A19 #19785A

tetradic

#5A1978 #782B19 #377819 #196678

square

#5A1978 #782B19 #377819 #196678

split-complementary

#5A1978 #667819 #19782B

monochromatic

#130519 #340E45 #5A1978 #8024AB #A336D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#5A1978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5A1978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1978

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1978	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A3B76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.155 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ea0',
    500: '#5a1978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1978;
$custom-light: #8c5ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36827,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1978

secondary

#62AD40

accent

#E83F75

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1978

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

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