#5A2196#5A2196

#5A2196 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.177 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2196
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 150)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 78%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.02, 48.38, -53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.02, 72.00, 312.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0899 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.177 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2640, 5.4633, 29.3620)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2196 #5D9621

analogous

#212296 #5A2196 #942196

triadic

#5A2196 #965A21 #21965A

tetradic

#5A2196 #962122 #5D9621 #219694

square

#5A2196 #962122 #5D9621 #219694

split-complementary

#5A2196 #969421 #229621

monochromatic

#1E0B32 #3C1664 #5A2196 #782CC8 #9757DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#5A2196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5A2196 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2196

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2196	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.177 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b6',
    500: '#5a2196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2196;
$custom-light: #8f63b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40136,
    "c": 0.17688,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2196

secondary

#8BBE55

accent

#E74196

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2196

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

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