#5A2181#5A2181

#5A2181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.155 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2181
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(276, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 43.23, -43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 61.02, 315.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.0945 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.155 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7219, 4.8465, 21.2406)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2181 #488121

analogous

#2A2181 #5A2181 #812178

triadic

#5A2181 #815A21 #21815A

tetradic

#5A2181 #812A21 #488121 #217881

square

#5A2181 #812A21 #488121 #217881

split-complementary

#5A2181 #788121 #21812A

monochromatic

#160820 #381550 #5A2181 #7C2DB2 #9B4BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#5A2181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5A2181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2181

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2181	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.155 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62a6',
    500: '#5a2181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2181;
$custom-light: #8d62a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.625,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38384,
    "c": 0.15452,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2181

secondary

#75B44A

accent

#E24585

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2181

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →