#5A2175#5A2175

#5A2175 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.142 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2175
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 117)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 71.8%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 40.41, -36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 54.73, 317.59°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0962 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.142 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9706, 4.5460, 17.2838)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2175 #3C7521

analogous

#302175 #5A2175 #752166

triadic

#5A2175 #755A21 #21755A

tetradic

#5A2175 #753021 #3C7521 #216675

square

#5A2175 #753021 #3C7521 #216675

split-complementary

#5A2175 #667521 #217530

monochromatic

#120718 #351445 #5A2175 #7F2EA5 #A046CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#5A2175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5A2175 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2175

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2175	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.142 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c619d',
    500: '#5a2175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2175;
$custom-light: #8c619d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37464,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2175

secondary

#68A84A

accent

#DF4979

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2175

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

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