#5A198D#5A198D

#5A198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.176 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A198D
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 49.37, -50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 70.87, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.58% 0.0991 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(38.58% 0.176 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3707, 4.7920, 25.6254)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A198D #4C8D19

analogous

#20198D #5A198D #8D1986

triadic

#5A198D #8D5A19 #198D5A

tetradic

#5A198D #8D2019 #4C8D19 #19868D

square

#5A198D #8D2019 #4C8D19 #19868D

split-complementary

#5A198D #868D19 #198D20

monochromatic

#180725 #391059 #5A198D #7B22C1 #9A43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#5A198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5A198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A198D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A198D	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.176 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5faf',
    500: '#5a198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a198d;
$custom-light: #8e5faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.621,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3858,
    "c": 0.17559,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A198D

secondary

#79BF43

accent

#ED3B89

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A198D

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

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