#5A198A#5A198A

#5A198A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.173 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A198A
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 138)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 81.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.87, 48.67, -49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.87, 69.34, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.1 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.173 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1505, 4.7040, 24.4657)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.06

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A198A #498A19

analogous

#21198A #5A198A #8A1982

triadic

#5A198A #8A5A19 #198A5A

tetradic

#5A198A #8A2119 #498A19 #19828A

square

#5A198A #8A2119 #498A19 #19828A

split-complementary

#5A198A #828A19 #198A21

monochromatic

#160622 #381056 #5A198A #7C22BE #9A41DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#5A198A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5A198A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A198A

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A198A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A198A	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a198a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.173 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fad',
    500: '#5a198a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a198a;
$custom-light: #8e5fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a198a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.513,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38319,
    "c": 0.17261,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A198A

secondary

#76BD42

accent

#EC3C87

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A198A

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

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