#5A2182#5A2182

#5A2182 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.156 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2182
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 130)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.37, 43.47, -43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.37, 61.55, 314.93°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0944 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.156 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7887, 4.8732, 21.5924)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2182 #498221

analogous

#2A2182 #5A2182 #82217A

triadic

#5A2182 #825A21 #21825A

tetradic

#5A2182 #822A21 #498221 #217A82

square

#5A2182 #822A21 #498221 #217A82

split-complementary

#5A2182 #7A8221 #21822A

monochromatic

#160820 #381551 #5A2182 #7C2DB3 #9A4CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#5A2182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5A2182 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2182

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2182	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.156 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62a7',
    500: '#5a2182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2182;
$custom-light: #8d62a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.258,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38463,
    "c": 0.15559,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2182

secondary

#76B44A

accent

#E34586

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2182

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

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