#5A218D#5A218D

#5A218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.167 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A218D
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, 46.14, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 67.31, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.36% 0.0921 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(39.36% 0.167 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5669, 5.1845, 25.6908)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A218D #548D21

analogous

#24218D #5A218D #8D218A

triadic

#5A218D #8D5A21 #218D5A

tetradic

#5A218D #8D2421 #548D21 #218A8D

square

#5A218D #8D2421 #548D21 #218A8D

split-complementary

#5A218D #8A8D21 #218D24

monochromatic

#1B0A2A #3A155B #5A218D #7A2DBF #9852D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#5A218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5A218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A218D

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A218D	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.167 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63af',
    500: '#5a218d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a218d;
$custom-light: #8e63af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39364,
    "c": 0.16731,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A218D

secondary

#82BA50

accent

#E5438F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A218D

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

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