#5A197D#5A197D

#5A197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.160 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A197D
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 45.67, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 62.71, 316.74°)
OKLab	oklab(37.23% 0.1032 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(37.23% 0.16 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2650, 4.3498, 19.8023)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A197D #3C7D19

analogous

#28197D #5A197D #7D196E

triadic

#5A197D #7D5A19 #197D5A

tetradic

#5A197D #7D2819 #3C7D19 #196E7D

square

#5A197D #7D2819 #3C7D19 #196E7D

split-complementary

#5A197D #6E7D19 #197D28

monochromatic

#12051A #350F4A #5A197D #7F23B0 #A039D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#5A197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5A197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A197D

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A197D	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.160 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea3',
    500: '#5a197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a197d;
$custom-light: #8d5ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37227,
    "c": 0.15973,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A197D

secondary

#68B140

accent

#EA3E7A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A197D

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

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