#5A21BD#5A21BD

#5A21BD is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.218 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A21BD
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 189)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(262, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 82.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 58.28, -70.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 91.72, 309.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% 0.0775 -0.2036)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.218 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.9430, 6.9349, 48.7381)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.61

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A21BD #84BD21

analogous

#2136BD #5A21BD #A821BD

triadic

#5A21BD #BD5A21 #21BD5A

tetradic

#5A21BD #BD2136 #84BD21 #21BDA8

square

#5A21BD #BD2136 #84BD21 #21BDA8

split-complementary

#5A21BD #BDA821 #36BD21

monochromatic

#280F55 #411889 #5A21BD #783EDD #9D72E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#5A21BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5A21BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A21BD

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A21BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A21BD	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a21bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.218 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9465d2',
    500: '#5a21bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a21bd;
$custom-light: #9465d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a21bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.923,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43772,
    "c": 0.21785,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A21BD

secondary

#AACD6D

accent

#ED3BAC

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0E0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A21BD

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

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