#5A228D#5A228D

#5A228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.166 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A228D
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 45.70, -48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 66.83, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(39.47% 0.0912 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(39.47% 0.166 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5951, 5.2408, 25.7002)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A228D #558D22

analogous

#25228D #5A228D #8D228B

triadic

#5A228D #8D5A22 #228D5A

tetradic

#5A228D #8D2522 #558D22 #228B8D

square

#5A228D #8D2522 #558D22 #228B8D

split-complementary

#5A228D #8B8D22 #228D25

monochromatic

#1B0A2A #3B165C #5A228D #792EBE #9854D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#5A228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5A228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A228D

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A228D	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.166 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63af',
    500: '#5a228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a228d;
$custom-light: #8e63af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.402,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39474,
    "c": 0.16616,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A228D

secondary

#83B951

accent

#E44490

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A228D

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

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