#5A198E#5A198E

#5A198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.177 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A198E
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.22, 49.61, -51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.22, 71.37, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% 0.0988 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.177 304)
XYZ	xyz(9.4454, 4.8219, 26.0191)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A198E #4D8E19

analogous

#1F198E #5A198E #8E1988

triadic

#5A198E #8E5A19 #198E5A

tetradic

#5A198E #8E1F19 #4D8E19 #19888E

square

#5A198E #8E1F19 #4D8E19 #19888E

split-complementary

#5A198E #888E19 #198E1F

monochromatic

#180726 #39105A #5A198E #7B22C2 #9943DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#5A198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5A198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A198E

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A198E	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.177 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fb0',
    500: '#5a198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a198e;
$custom-light: #8e5fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38668,
    "c": 0.17659,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.04822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A198E

secondary

#7BBF44

accent

#ED3B8A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A198E

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

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