#5A2199#5A2199

#5A2199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.180 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2199
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 153)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 78.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.28, 49.13, -54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.28, 73.55, 311.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.4% 0.0891 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.18 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5086, 5.5612, 30.6506)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2199 #609921

analogous

#212499 #5A2199 #962199

triadic

#5A2199 #995A21 #21995A

tetradic

#5A2199 #992124 #609921 #219996

square

#5A2199 #992124 #609921 #219996

split-complementary

#5A2199 #999621 #249921

monochromatic

#1F0B34 #3C1667 #5A2199 #782CCB #9759DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#5A2199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5A2199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2199

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2199	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.180 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b8',
    500: '#5a2199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2199;
$custom-light: #8f63b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.404,
    "c": 0.18006,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2199

secondary

#8EBF56

accent

#E84098

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2199

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

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