#5A199C#5A199C

#5A199C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.191 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A199C
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 156)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 84%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.49, 52.95, -57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.49, 78.43, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(39.93% 0.0942 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(39.93% 0.191 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5633, 5.2691, 31.9065)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A199C #5B9C19

analogous

#19199C #5A199C #9B199C

triadic

#5A199C #9C5A19 #199C5A

tetradic

#5A199C #9C1919 #5B9C19 #199C9B

square

#5A199C #9C1919 #5B9C19 #199C9B

split-complementary

#5A199C #9C9B19 #199C19

monochromatic

#1D0833 #3C1167 #5A199C #7821D1 #974DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#5A199C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5A199C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A199C

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A199C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A199C	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a199c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.191 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9060ba',
    500: '#5a199c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a199c;
$custom-light: #9060ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a199c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.771,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39935,
    "c": 0.19054,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A199C

secondary

#89C44C

accent

#EF3995

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A199C

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

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