#5A2183#5A2183

#5A2183 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.157 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2183
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 131)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 43.71, -44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 62.08, 314.76°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0942 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.157 307)
XYZ	xyz(8.8562, 4.9002, 21.9476)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2183 #4A8321

analogous

#292183 #5A2183 #83217B

triadic

#5A2183 #835A21 #21835A

tetradic

#5A2183 #832921 #4A8321 #217B83

square

#5A2183 #832921 #4A8321 #217B83

split-complementary

#5A2183 #7B8321 #218329

monochromatic

#170821 #381552 #5A2183 #7C2DB4 #9A4CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#5A2183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5A2183 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2183

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2183	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.157 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62a8',
    500: '#5a2183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2183;
$custom-light: #8d62a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.898,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38543,
    "c": 0.15665,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2183

secondary

#77B54B

accent

#E34587

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2183

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

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