#5A227E#5A227E

#5A227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.150 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A227E
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 42.05, -41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 58.93, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0.0939 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.15 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5536, 4.8242, 20.2152)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A227E #467E22

analogous

#2C227E #5A227E #7E2274

triadic

#5A227E #7E5A22 #227E5A

tetradic

#5A227E #7E2C22 #467E22 #22747E

square

#5A227E #7E2C22 #467E22 #22747E

split-complementary

#5A227E #747E22 #227E2C

monochromatic

#15081E #38154E #5A227E #7C2FAE #9B4CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#5A227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5A227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A227E

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A227E	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.150 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c62a4',
    500: '#5a227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a227e;
$custom-light: #8c62a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38265,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A227E

secondary

#73B14B

accent

#E14783

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A227E

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

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