#5A2197#5A2197

#5A2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.178 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2197
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.10, 48.63, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.10, 72.52, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.22% 0.0896 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(40.22% 0.178 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.3448, 5.4956, 29.7879)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2197 #5E9721

analogous

#212397 #5A2197 #952197

triadic

#5A2197 #975A21 #21975A

tetradic

#5A2197 #972123 #5E9721 #219795

square

#5A2197 #972123 #5E9721 #219795

split-complementary

#5A2197 #979521 #239721

monochromatic

#1E0B33 #3C1665 #5A2197 #782CC9 #9758DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#5A2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5A2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2197

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2197	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.178 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b7',
    500: '#5a2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2197;
$custom-light: #8f63b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.983,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40224,
    "c": 0.17794,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2197

secondary

#8CBE55

accent

#E74197

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2197

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

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