#5A228E#5A228E

#5A228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.167 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A228E
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.49, 45.95, -49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.49, 67.35, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.56% 0.0909 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(39.56% 0.167 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6698, 5.2707, 26.0939)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A228E #568E22

analogous

#24228E #5A228E #8E228C

triadic

#5A228E #8E5A22 #228E5A

tetradic

#5A228E #8E2422 #568E22 #228C8E

square

#5A228E #8E2422 #568E22 #228C8E

split-complementary

#5A228E #8C8E22 #228E24

monochromatic

#1B0A2B #3B165D #5A228E #792EBF #9854D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#5A228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5A228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A228E

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A228E	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.167 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63b0',
    500: '#5a228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a228e;
$custom-light: #8e63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39558,
    "c": 0.16724,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A228E

secondary

#84BA52

accent

#E44391

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A228E

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

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