#5A1A79#5A1A79

#5A1A79 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.155 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1A79
RGB	rgb(90, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 44.38, -40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 60.23, 317.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37% 0.1031 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(37% 0.155 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0364, 4.2931, 18.4908)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1A79 #39791A

analogous

#2B1A79 #5A1A79 #791A69

triadic

#5A1A79 #795A1A #1A795A

tetradic

#5A1A79 #792B1A #39791A #1A6979

square

#5A1A79 #792B1A #39791A #1A6979

split-complementary

#5A1A79 #69791A #1A792B

monochromatic

#130519 #350F47 #5A1A79 #7F25AB #A239D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#5A1A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5A1A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1A79

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1A79	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.155 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5ea0',
    500: '#5a1a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1a79;
$custom-light: #8c5ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.421,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37003,
    "c": 0.15466,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1A79

secondary

#65AD41

accent

#E84077

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1A79

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

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