#5A2185#5A2185

#5A2185 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.159 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2185
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 75.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 44.19, -45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 63.13, 314.43°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% 0.0938 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.159 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9930, 4.9549, 22.6684)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2185 #4C8521

analogous

#282185 #5A2185 #85217E

triadic

#5A2185 #855A21 #21855A

tetradic

#5A2185 #852821 #4C8521 #217E85

square

#5A2185 #852821 #4C8521 #217E85

split-complementary

#5A2185 #7E8521 #218528

monochromatic

#180923 #391554 #5A2185 #7B2DB6 #9A4DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#5A2185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5A2185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2185

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2185	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.159 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62a9',
    500: '#5a2185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2185;
$custom-light: #8d62a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.2,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38704,
    "c": 0.15878,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2185

secondary

#79B64C

accent

#E34489

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2185

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

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