#5A228B#5A228B

#5A228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.164 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A228B
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, 45.21, -47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 65.78, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.31% 0.0916 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(39.31% 0.164 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4476, 5.1818, 24.9236)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A228B #538B22

analogous

#26228B #5A228B #8B2288

triadic

#5A228B #8B5A22 #228B5A

tetradic

#5A228B #8B2622 #538B22 #22888B

square

#5A228B #8B2622 #538B22 #22888B

split-complementary

#5A228B #888B22 #228B26

monochromatic

#1A0A29 #3A165A #5A228B #7A2EBC #9853D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#5A228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5A228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A228B

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A228B	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.164 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63ae',
    500: '#5a228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a228b;
$custom-light: #8d63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39308,
    "c": 0.16402,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A228B

secondary

#81B850

accent

#E4448F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A228B

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

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