#5A1C8E#5A1C8E

#5A1C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.174 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1C8E
RGB	rgb(90, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 48.47, -50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 70.13, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.94% 0.0964 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(38.94% 0.174 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5130, 4.9572, 26.0416)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1C8E #508E1C

analogous

#211C8E #5A1C8E #8E1C89

triadic

#5A1C8E #8E5A1C #1C8E5A

tetradic

#5A1C8E #8E211C #508E1C #1C898E

square

#5A1C8E #8E211C #508E1C #1C898E

split-complementary

#5A1C8E #898E1C #1C8E21

monochromatic

#190828 #3A125B #5A1C8E #7A26C1 #9949DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#5A1C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5A1C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1C8E

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1C8E	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.174 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e60b0',
    500: '#5a1c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1c8e;
$custom-light: #8e60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.632,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38941,
    "c": 0.17371,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1C8E

secondary

#7EBD49

accent

#EA3E8C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1C8E

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

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