#5A2297#5A2297

#5A2297 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.177 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2297
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 151)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 77.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.25, 48.20, -53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.25, 72.05, 311.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.0887 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.177 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3730, 5.5520, 29.7973)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2297 #5F9722

analogous

#222597 #5A2297 #952297

triadic

#5A2297 #975A22 #22975A

tetradic

#5A2297 #972225 #5F9722 #229795

square

#5A2297 #972225 #5F9722 #229795

split-complementary

#5A2297 #979522 #259722

monochromatic

#1E0C33 #3C1765 #5A2297 #782DC9 #975ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#5A2297 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5A2297 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2297

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2297	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2297	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2297;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.177 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b7',
    500: '#5a2297',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2297;
$custom-light: #8f64b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2297",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.718,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40329,
    "c": 0.17688,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2297

secondary

#8DBE57

accent

#E64297

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2297

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

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