#5A197B#5A197B

#5A197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.158 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A197B
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 45.22, -41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 61.69, 317.14°)
OKLab	oklab(37.07% 0.1037 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(37.07% 0.158 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1385, 4.2992, 19.1362)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A197B #3A7B19

analogous

#29197B #5A197B #7B196B

triadic

#5A197B #7B5A19 #197B5A

tetradic

#5A197B #7B2919 #3A7B19 #196B7B

square

#5A197B #7B2919 #3A7B19 #196B7B

split-complementary

#5A197B #6B7B19 #197B29

monochromatic

#130519 #350F48 #5A197B #7F23AE #A138D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#5A197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5A197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A197B

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A197B	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.158 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea2',
    500: '#5a197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a197b;
$custom-light: #8d5ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.796,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37066,
    "c": 0.15775,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A197B

secondary

#66AF40

accent

#E93F78

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A197B

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

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