#5A1A8B#5A1A8B

#5A1A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.173 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1A8B
RGB	rgb(90, 26, 139)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 81.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 48.53, -49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 69.44, 314.34°)
OKLab	oklab(38.5% 0.0989 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(38.5% 0.173 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2450, 4.7766, 24.8560)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1A8B #4B8B1A

analogous

#211A8B #5A1A8B #8B1A84

triadic

#5A1A8B #8B5A1A #1A8B5A

tetradic

#5A1A8B #8B211A #4B8B1A #1A848B

square

#5A1A8B #8B211A #4B8B1A #1A848B

split-complementary

#5A1A8B #848B1A #1A8B21

monochromatic

#170724 #391057 #5A1A8B #7B24BF #9A43DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#5A1A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5A1A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1A8B

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1A8B	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 26, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.173 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fae',
    500: '#5a1a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1a8b;
$custom-light: #8e5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.982,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38495,
    "c": 0.17265,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1A8B

secondary

#78BD44

accent

#EB3C88

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1A8B

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

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