#5A227F#5A227F

#5A227F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.151 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A227F
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 127)
HSL	hsl(276, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 73.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 42.29, -41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 59.46, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38.34% 0.0938 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(38.34% 0.151 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6185, 4.8502, 20.5567)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A227F #477F22

analogous

#2C227F #5A227F #7F2276

triadic

#5A227F #7F5A22 #227F5A

tetradic

#5A227F #7F2C22 #477F22 #22767F

square

#5A227F #7F2C22 #477F22 #22767F

split-complementary

#5A227F #767F22 #227F2C

monochromatic

#16081E #38154F #5A227F #7C2FAF #9B4CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#5A227F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5A227F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A227F

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A227F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A227F	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A3F7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a227f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.151 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c62a5',
    500: '#5a227f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a227f;
$custom-light: #8c62a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a227f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.129,
    "s": 57.764,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38343,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A227F

secondary

#74B24B

accent

#E14784

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A227F

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

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