#5A1A7E#5A1A7E

#5A1A7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.160 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1A7E
RGB	rgb(90, 26, 126)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 79.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 45.51, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 62.79, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.1021 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.16 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3510, 4.4190, 20.1476)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1A7E #3E7E1A

analogous

#281A7E #5A1A7E #7E1A70

triadic

#5A1A7E #7E5A1A #1A7E5A

tetradic

#5A1A7E #7E281A #3E7E1A #1A707E

square

#5A1A7E #7E281A #3E7E1A #1A707E

split-complementary

#5A1A7E #707E1A #1A7E28

monochromatic

#120519 #36104B #5A1A7E #7E24B1 #9F3CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#5A1A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5A1A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1A7E

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1A7E	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 26, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.160 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea4',
    500: '#5a1a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1a7e;
$custom-light: #8d5ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37404,
    "c": 0.15964,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1A7E

secondary

#6AB242

accent

#E93F7C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1A7E

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