#5A197F#5A197F

#5A197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.162 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A197F
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, 46.13, -43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 63.73, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.39% 0.1028 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(37.39% 0.162 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3941, 4.4014, 20.4819)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A197F #3E7F19

analogous

#27197F #5A197F #7F1971

triadic

#5A197F #7F5A19 #197F5A

tetradic

#5A197F #7F2719 #3E7F19 #19717F

square

#5A197F #7F2719 #3E7F19 #19717F

split-complementary

#5A197F #717F19 #197F27

monochromatic

#12051A #360F4C #5A197F #7E23B2 #9F3AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#5A197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5A197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A197F

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A197F	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.162 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea5',
    500: '#5a197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a197f;
$custom-light: #8d5ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.235,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37391,
    "c": 0.1617,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A197F

secondary

#6AB341

accent

#EA3E7C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A197F

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