#5A2187#5A2187

#5A2187 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.161 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2187
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 135)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 75.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.77, 44.68, -46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.77, 64.17, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.87% 0.0934 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(38.87% 0.161 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1325, 5.0107, 23.4030)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2187 #4E8721

analogous

#272187 #5A2187 #872181

triadic

#5A2187 #875A21 #21875A

tetradic

#5A2187 #872721 #4E8721 #218187

square

#5A2187 #872721 #4E8721 #218187

split-complementary

#5A2187 #818721 #218727

monochromatic

#180925 #391556 #5A2187 #7B2DB8 #994FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#5A2187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5A2187 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2187

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2187	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.161 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62ab',
    500: '#5a2187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2187;
$custom-light: #8d62ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38867,
    "c": 0.16092,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2187

secondary

#7CB74D

accent

#E4448A

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2187

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

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