#5A197E#5A197E

#5A197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.161 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A197E
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.88, 45.90, -43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.88, 63.22, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% 0.103 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.161 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3292, 4.3755, 20.1404)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.49

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A197E #3D7E19

analogous

#28197E #5A197E #7E1970

triadic

#5A197E #7E5A19 #197E5A

tetradic

#5A197E #7E2819 #3D7E19 #19707E

square

#5A197E #7E2819 #3D7E19 #19707E

split-complementary

#5A197E #707E19 #197E28

monochromatic

#12051A #360F4B #5A197E #7E23B1 #9F3AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#5A197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5A197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A197E

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A197E	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.161 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea4',
    500: '#5a197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a197e;
$custom-light: #8d5ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.614,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37309,
    "c": 0.16072,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A197E

secondary

#69B241

accent

#EA3E7B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A197E

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