#5A2191#5A2191

#5A2191 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.172 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2191
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 145)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 77.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.59, 47.13, -50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.59, 69.40, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(39.7% 0.0912 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(39.7% 0.172 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8699, 5.3057, 27.2867)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2191 #589121

analogous

#222191 #5A2191 #912190

triadic

#5A2191 #915A21 #21915A

tetradic

#5A2191 #912221 #589121 #219091

square

#5A2191 #912221 #589121 #219091

split-complementary

#5A2191 #909121 #219122

monochromatic

#1C0A2D #3B165F #5A2191 #792CC3 #9754D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#5A2191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5A2191 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2191

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2191	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.172 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63b2',
    500: '#5a2191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2191;
$custom-light: #8e63b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.536,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39704,
    "c": 0.17156,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2191

secondary

#86BC52

accent

#E64292

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2191

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

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