#5A2178#5A2178

#5A2178 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.145 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2178
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 120)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 72.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.62, 41.10, -38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.62, 56.30, 316.89°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0959 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.145 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1498, 4.6176, 18.2276)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2178 #3F7821

analogous

#2E2178 #5A2178 #78216B

triadic

#5A2178 #785A21 #21785A

tetradic

#5A2178 #782E21 #3F7821 #216B78

square

#5A2178 #782E21 #3F7821 #216B78

split-complementary

#5A2178 #6B7821 #21782E

monochromatic

#120718 #361448 #5A2178 #7E2EA8 #9E47CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#5A2178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5A2178 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2178

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2178	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163E76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.145 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c629f',
    500: '#5a2178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2178;
$custom-light: #8c629f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37688,
    "c": 0.14493,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2178

secondary

#6BAB4A

accent

#E0487C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2178

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

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