#5A218E#5A218E

#5A218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.168 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A218E
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.34, 46.39, -49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.34, 67.84, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(39.45% 0.0919 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(39.45% 0.168 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6416, 5.2144, 26.0845)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A218E #558E21

analogous

#23218E #5A218E #8E218C

triadic

#5A218E #8E5A21 #218E5A

tetradic

#5A218E #8E2321 #558E21 #218C8E

square

#5A218E #8E2321 #558E21 #218C8E

split-complementary

#5A218E #8C8E21 #218E23

monochromatic

#1B0A2B #3B155C #5A218E #792DC0 #9852D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#5A218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5A218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A218E

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A218E	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.168 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63b0',
    500: '#5a218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a218e;
$custom-light: #8e63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.376,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39449,
    "c": 0.16838,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A218E

secondary

#83BA50

accent

#E54290

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A218E

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

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