#5A1981#5A1981

#5A1981 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.164 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1981
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 129)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 80.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.12, 46.58, -44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.12, 64.76, 316.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.1023 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.164 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5257, 4.4540, 21.1752)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.27

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1981 #408119

analogous

#261981 #5A1981 #811974

triadic

#5A1981 #815A19 #19815A

tetradic

#5A1981 #812619 #408119 #197481

square

#5A1981 #812619 #408119 #197481

split-complementary

#5A1981 #748119 #198126

monochromatic

#12051A #360F4E #5A1981 #7E23B4 #9E3BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#5A1981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5A1981 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1981

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1981	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.164 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea6',
    500: '#5a1981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1981;
$custom-light: #8d5ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 67.532,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37556,
    "c": 0.16368,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1981

secondary

#6CB541

accent

#EA3D7E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1981

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