#5A208E#5A208E

#5A208E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.169 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A208E
RGB	rgb(90, 32, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 77.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.18, 46.83, -49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.18, 68.32, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% 0.0928 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.169 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6143, 5.1597, 26.0753)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A208E #548E20

analogous

#23208E #5A208E #8E208B

triadic

#5A208E #8E5A20 #208E5A

tetradic

#5A208E #8E2320 #548E20 #208B8E

square

#5A208E #8E2320 #548E20 #208B8E

split-complementary

#5A208E #8B8E20 #208E23

monochromatic

#1B092A #3A155C #5A208E #7A2BC0 #9851D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#5A208E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5A208E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A208E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A208E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A208E	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a208e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 32, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.169 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62b0',
    500: '#5a208e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a208e;
$custom-light: #8e62b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a208e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39342,
    "c": 0.16949,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A208E

secondary

#82BB4F

accent

#E6428F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A208E

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

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