#5A199E#5A199E

#5A199E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.193 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A199E
RGB	rgb(90, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.68, 53.43, -58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.68, 79.43, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.12% 0.0935 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(40.12% 0.193 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7341, 5.3374, 32.8058)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A199E #5D9E19

analogous

#191B9E #5A199E #9C199E

triadic

#5A199E #9E5A19 #199E5A

tetradic

#5A199E #9E191B #5D9E19 #199E9C

square

#5A199E #9E191B #5D9E19 #199E9C

split-complementary

#5A199E #9E9C19 #1B9E19

monochromatic

#1E0834 #3C1169 #5A199E #7821D3 #974EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#5A199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5A199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A199E

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A199E	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.193 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9060bc',
    500: '#5a199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a199e;
$custom-light: #9060bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.323,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40121,
    "c": 0.19254,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A199E

secondary

#8BC54E

accent

#EF3896

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A199E

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

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