#5A218A#5A218A

#5A218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.164 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A218A
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.01, 45.41, -47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.01, 65.75, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% 0.0928 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.164 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3467, 5.0964, 24.5311)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A218A #518A21

analogous

#25218A #5A218A #8A2185

triadic

#5A218A #8A5A21 #218A5A

tetradic

#5A218A #8A2521 #518A21 #21858A

square

#5A218A #8A2521 #518A21 #21858A

split-complementary

#5A218A #858A21 #218A25

monochromatic

#1A0927 #3A1559 #5A218A #7A2DBB #9850D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#5A218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5A218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A218A

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A218A	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.164 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62ad',
    500: '#5a218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a218a;
$custom-light: #8d62ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39114,
    "c": 0.16412,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A218A

secondary

#7FB94E

accent

#E5438D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A218A

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

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