#5A1E96#5A1E96

#5A1E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.180 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1E96
RGB	rgb(90, 30, 150)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 80%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.58, 49.62, -54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.58, 73.36, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(39.84% 0.0924 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(39.84% 0.18 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1844, 5.3041, 29.3355)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1E96 #5A961E

analogous

#1E1E96 #5A1E96 #961E96

triadic

#5A1E96 #965A1E #1E965A

tetradic

#5A1E96 #961E1E #5A961E #1E9696

square

#5A1E96 #961E1E #5A961E #1E9696

split-complementary

#5A1E96 #96961E #1E961E

monochromatic

#1D0A30 #3B1463 #5A1E96 #7928C9 #9752DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#5A1E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5A1E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1E96

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1E96	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 30, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.180 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f62b6',
    500: '#5a1e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1e96;
$custom-light: #8f62b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39835,
    "c": 0.17994,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1E96

secondary

#88BF50

accent

#EA3E94

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1E96

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

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