#5A1990#5A1990

#5A1990 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.179 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1990
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 144)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 82.6%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.40, 50.08, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.40, 72.39, 313.78°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0982 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.179 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5969, 4.8825, 26.8170)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1990 #4F9019

analogous

#1E1990 #5A1990 #90198A

triadic

#5A1990 #905A19 #19905A

tetradic

#5A1990 #901E19 #4F9019 #198A90

square

#5A1990 #901E19 #4F9019 #198A90

split-complementary

#5A1990 #8A9019 #19901E

monochromatic

#190728 #39105C #5A1990 #7B22C4 #9945DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#5A1990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5A1990 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1990

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1990	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.179 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fb1',
    500: '#5a1990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1990;
$custom-light: #8e5fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.773,
    "s": 70.414,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38845,
    "c": 0.17859,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1990

secondary

#7DC045

accent

#ED3B8C

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1990

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

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