#5A2198#5A2198

#5A2198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.179 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2198
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 152)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 78.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.19, 48.88, -54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.19, 73.03, 312.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% 0.0893 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.179 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4264, 5.5283, 30.2174)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2198 #5F9821

analogous

#212498 #5A2198 #962198

triadic

#5A2198 #985A21 #21985A

tetradic

#5A2198 #982124 #5F9821 #219896

square

#5A2198 #982124 #5F9821 #219896

split-complementary

#5A2198 #989621 #249821

monochromatic

#1E0B33 #3C1666 #5A2198 #782CCA #9759DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#5A2198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5A2198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2198

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2198	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.179 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b7',
    500: '#5a2198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2198;
$custom-light: #8f63b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.739,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40312,
    "c": 0.179,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2198

secondary

#8DBF56

accent

#E74097

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2198

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

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