#5A1B8A#5A1B8A

#5A1B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.171 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1B8A
RGB	rgb(90, 27, 138)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 80.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 47.91, -48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 68.51, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(38.5% 0.0983 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(38.5% 0.171 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1948, 4.7926, 24.4805)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1B8A #4B8A1B

analogous

#221B8A #5A1B8A #8A1B83

triadic

#5A1B8A #8A5A1B #1B8A5A

tetradic

#5A1B8A #8A221B #4B8A1B #1B838A

square

#5A1B8A #8A221B #4B8A1B #1B838A

split-complementary

#5A1B8A #838A1B #1B8A22

monochromatic

#170724 #391157 #5A1B8A #7B25BD #9A45DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#5A1B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5A1B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1B8A

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1B8A	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 27, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.171 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e60ad',
    500: '#5a1b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1b8a;
$custom-light: #8e60ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.054,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38501,
    "c": 0.17065,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1B8A

secondary

#78BC45

accent

#EA3E88

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1B8A

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

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