#5A1E97#5A1E97

#5A1E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.181 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1E97
RGB	rgb(90, 30, 151)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 80.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.67, 49.87, -54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.67, 73.87, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% 0.0921 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.181 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2652, 5.3365, 29.7614)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1E97 #5B971E

analogous

#1E1E97 #5A1E97 #961E97

triadic

#5A1E97 #975A1E #1E975A

tetradic

#5A1E97 #971E1E #5B971E #1E9796

square

#5A1E97 #971E1E #5B971E #1E9796

split-complementary

#5A1E97 #97961E #1E971E

monochromatic

#1D0A31 #3C1464 #5A1E97 #7828CA #9753DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#5A1E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5A1E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1E97

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1E97	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 30, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.181 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f62b7',
    500: '#5a1e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1e97;
$custom-light: #8f62b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.752,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39923,
    "c": 0.18098,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1E97

secondary

#89C051

accent

#EA3E95

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1E97

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

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