#5A217E#5A217E

#5A217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.151 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A217E
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.06, 42.51, -41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.06, 59.45, 315.65°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% 0.095 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.151 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5254, 4.7679, 20.2058)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A217E #457E21

analogous

#2B217E #5A217E #7E2173

triadic

#5A217E #7E5A21 #217E5A

tetradic

#5A217E #7E2B21 #457E21 #21737E

square

#5A217E #7E2B21 #457E21 #21737E

split-complementary

#5A217E #737E21 #217E2B

monochromatic

#15081D #37144E #5A217E #7D2EAE #9C4AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#5A217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5A217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A217E

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A217E	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A3E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.151 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c62a4',
    500: '#5a217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a217e;
$custom-light: #8c62a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.774,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38148,
    "c": 0.15132,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A217E

secondary

#72B14A

accent

#E24682

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A217E

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

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