#5A2184#5A2184

#5A2184 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.158 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2184
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 132)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 75%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.53, 43.95, -44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.53, 62.60, 314.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.62% 0.094 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(38.62% 0.158 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9243, 4.9274, 22.3063)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2184 #4B8421

analogous

#282184 #5A2184 #84217D

triadic

#5A2184 #845A21 #21845A

tetradic

#5A2184 #842821 #4B8421 #217D84

square

#5A2184 #842821 #4B8421 #217D84

split-complementary

#5A2184 #7D8421 #218428

monochromatic

#170922 #391553 #5A2184 #7B2DB5 #9A4DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#5A2184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5A2184 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2184

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2184	1.00	10.58	1.99	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.158 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62a8',
    500: '#5a2184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2184;
$custom-light: #8d62a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38623,
    "c": 0.15771,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2184

secondary

#78B64B

accent

#E34588

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2184

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

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