#5A1979#5A1979

#5A1979 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.156 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1979
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 44.77, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 60.67, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.91% 0.1041 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(36.91% 0.156 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0146, 4.2496, 18.4835)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1979 #387919

analogous

#2A1979 #5A1979 #791968

triadic

#5A1979 #795A19 #19795A

tetradic

#5A1979 #792A19 #387919 #196879

square

#5A1979 #792A19 #387919 #196879

split-complementary

#5A1979 #687919 #19792A

monochromatic

#130519 #340F46 #5A1979 #8023AC #A237D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#5A1979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5A1979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1979

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1979	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.156 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea0',
    500: '#5a1979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1979;
$custom-light: #8d5ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.625,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36906,
    "c": 0.15577,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1979

secondary

#64AE40

accent

#E93F76

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1979

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

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