#5A198F#5A198F

#5A198F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.178 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A198F
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 143)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 82.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.31, 49.84, -51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.31, 71.88, 313.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.76% 0.0985 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(38.76% 0.178 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5208, 4.8521, 26.4162)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A198F #4E8F19

analogous

#1F198F #5A198F #8F1989

triadic

#5A198F #8F5A19 #198F5A

tetradic

#5A198F #8F1F19 #4E8F19 #19898F

square

#5A198F #8F1F19 #4E8F19 #19898F

split-complementary

#5A198F #898F19 #198F1F

monochromatic

#180727 #39105B #5A198F #7B22C3 #9944DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#5A198F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5A198F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A198F

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A198F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A198F	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a198f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.178 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fb1',
    500: '#5a198f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a198f;
$custom-light: #8e5fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a198f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.051,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38756,
    "c": 0.17759,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A198F

secondary

#7CBF44

accent

#ED3B8B

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A198F

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

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