#5A198C#5A198C

#5A198C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.175 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A198C
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 140)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 82.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, 49.14, -50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 70.36, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% 0.0994 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.175 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2966, 4.7624, 25.2353)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A198C #4B8C19

analogous

#20198C #5A198C #8C1985

triadic

#5A198C #8C5A19 #198C5A

tetradic

#5A198C #8C2019 #4B8C19 #19858C

square

#5A198C #8C2019 #4B8C19 #19858C

split-complementary

#5A198C #858C19 #198C20

monochromatic

#170624 #391058 #5A198C #7B22C0 #9A42DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#5A198C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5A198C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A198C

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A198C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A198C	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a198c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.175 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fae',
    500: '#5a198c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a198c;
$custom-light: #8e5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a198c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38493,
    "c": 0.1746,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A198C

secondary

#78BE43

accent

#ED3B88

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A198C

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

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