#5A228C#5A228C

#5A228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.165 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A228C
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.33, 45.45, -48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.33, 66.30, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.39% 0.0914 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(39.39% 0.165 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5210, 5.2112, 25.3101)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A228C #548C22

analogous

#25228C #5A228C #8C2289

triadic

#5A228C #8C5A22 #228C5A

tetradic

#5A228C #8C2522 #548C22 #22898C

square

#5A228C #8C2522 #548C22 #22898C

split-complementary

#5A228C #898C22 #228C25

monochromatic

#1B0A2A #3A165B #5A228C #7A2EBD #9853D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#5A228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5A228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A228C

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A228C	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.165 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63ae',
    500: '#5a228c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a228c;
$custom-light: #8e63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39391,
    "c": 0.16509,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A228C

secondary

#82B951

accent

#E4448F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A228C

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

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