#5A197A#5A197A

#5A197A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.157 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A197A
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, 45.00, -41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 61.18, 317.34°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.1039 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.157 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0763, 4.2743, 18.8082)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A197A #397A19

analogous

#2A197A #5A197A #7A196A

triadic

#5A197A #7A5A19 #197A5A

tetradic

#5A197A #7A2A19 #397A19 #196A7A

square

#5A197A #7A2A19 #397A19 #196A7A

split-complementary

#5A197A #6A7A19 #197A2A

monochromatic

#130519 #350F47 #5A197A #7F23AD #A237D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#5A197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5A197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A197A

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A197A	1.00	11.32	1.85	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.157 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea1',
    500: '#5a197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a197a;
$custom-light: #8d5ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.206,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36986,
    "c": 0.15676,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A197A

secondary

#65AF40

accent

#E93F77

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A197A

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

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