#5A2189#5A2189

#5A2189 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.163 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2189
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 137)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 75.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.93, 45.16, -47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.93, 65.22, 313.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.093 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.163 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2746, 5.0676, 24.1516)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2189 #508921

analogous

#262189 #5A2189 #892184

triadic

#5A2189 #895A21 #21895A

tetradic

#5A2189 #892621 #508921 #218489

square

#5A2189 #892621 #508921 #218489

split-complementary

#5A2189 #848921 #218926

monochromatic

#190926 #3A1558 #5A2189 #7A2DBA #9950D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#5A2189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5A2189 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2189

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2189	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.163 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62ac',
    500: '#5a2189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2189;
$custom-light: #8d62ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.885,
    "s": 61.176,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39031,
    "c": 0.16304,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2189

secondary

#7EB84E

accent

#E4448C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2189

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

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