#5A217B#5A217B

#5A217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.148 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A217B
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(278, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 41.80, -40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 57.87, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.0955 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.148 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3348, 4.6916, 19.2016)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A217B #427B21

analogous

#2D217B #5A217B #7B216F

triadic

#5A217B #7B5A21 #217B5A

tetradic

#5A217B #7B2D21 #427B21 #216F7B

square

#5A217B #7B2D21 #427B21 #216F7B

split-complementary

#5A217B #6F7B21 #217B2D

monochromatic

#13071A #37144B #5A217B #7D2EAB #9D48CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#5A217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5A217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A217B

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A217B	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.148 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c62a2',
    500: '#5a217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a217b;
$custom-light: #8c62a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37916,
    "c": 0.14812,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A217B

secondary

#6FAE4A

accent

#E1477F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A217B

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

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