#5A2172#5A2172

#5A2172 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.139 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2172
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.19, 39.72, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.19, 53.16, 318.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% 0.0965 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.139 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7971, 4.4765, 16.3697)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2172 #397221

analogous

#322172 #5A2172 #722162

triadic

#5A2172 #725A21 #21725A

tetradic

#5A2172 #723221 #397221 #216272

square

#5A2172 #723221 #397221 #216272

split-complementary

#5A2172 #627221 #217232

monochromatic

#130718 #351343 #5A2172 #7F2FA1 #A244C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#5A2172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5A2172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2172

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2172	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.139 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c619b',
    500: '#5a2172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2172;
$custom-light: #8c619b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37245,
    "c": 0.13857,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2172

secondary

#65A549

accent

#DE4976

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2172

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

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