#5A198B#5A198B

#5A198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.174 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A198B
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.96, 48.90, -49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.96, 69.85, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.41% 0.0997 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(38.41% 0.174 305)
XYZ	xyz(9.2232, 4.7331, 24.8488)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A198B #4A8B19

analogous

#21198B #5A198B #8B1983

triadic

#5A198B #8B5A19 #198B5A

tetradic

#5A198B #8B2119 #4A8B19 #19838B

square

#5A198B #8B2119 #4A8B19 #19838B

split-complementary

#5A198B #838B19 #198B21

monochromatic

#170623 #381057 #5A198B #7C22BF #9A41DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#5A198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5A198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A198B

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A198B	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.174 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fae',
    500: '#5a198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a198b;
$custom-light: #8e5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.211,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38405,
    "c": 0.17361,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.04733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A198B

secondary

#77BE42

accent

#EC3B87

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A198B

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

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