#5A2291#5A2291

#5A2291 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.170 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2291
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 145)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 76.6%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.74, 46.69, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.74, 68.92, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.81% 0.0902 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(39.81% 0.17 302)
XYZ	xyz(9.8981, 5.3620, 27.2961)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2291 #599122

analogous

#222291 #5A2291 #912291

triadic

#5A2291 #915A22 #22915A

tetradic

#5A2291 #912222 #599122 #229191

square

#5A2291 #912222 #599122 #229191

split-complementary

#5A2291 #919122 #229122

monochromatic

#1C0B2E #3B165F #5A2291 #792EC3 #9756D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#5A2291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5A2291 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2291

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2291	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.170 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63b2',
    500: '#5a2291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2291;
$custom-light: #8e63b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.27,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39812,
    "c": 0.17045,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.05362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2291

secondary

#87BB53

accent

#E54393

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2291

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

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