#5A218B#5A218B

#5A218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.165 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A218B
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.09, 45.65, -48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.09, 66.27, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(39.2% 0.0926 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(39.2% 0.165 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4194, 5.1255, 24.9142)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A218B #528B21

analogous

#25218B #5A218B #8B2187

triadic

#5A218B #8B5A21 #218B5A

tetradic

#5A218B #8B2521 #528B21 #21878B

square

#5A218B #8B2521 #528B21 #21878B

split-complementary

#5A218B #878B21 #218B25

monochromatic

#1A0A28 #3A155A #5A218B #7A2DBC #9851D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#5A218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5A218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A218B

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A218B	1.00	10.37	2.03	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.165 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62ae',
    500: '#5a218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a218b;
$custom-light: #8e62ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.264,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39197,
    "c": 0.16519,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A218B

secondary

#80B94F

accent

#E5438E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A218B

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

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