#5A2299#5A2299

#5A2299 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.179 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2299
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 153)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 77.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 48.70, -54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 73.08, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% 0.0882 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.179 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5368, 5.6175, 30.6600)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2299 #619922

analogous

#222699 #5A2299 #962299

triadic

#5A2299 #995A22 #22995A

tetradic

#5A2299 #992226 #619922 #229996

square

#5A2299 #992226 #619922 #229996

split-complementary

#5A2299 #999622 #269922

monochromatic

#1F0C35 #3D1767 #5A2299 #772DCB #975BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#5A2299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5A2299 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2299

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2299	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.179 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b8',
    500: '#5a2299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2299;
$custom-light: #8f64b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40504,
    "c": 0.17902,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2299

secondary

#8EBF58

accent

#E74199

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2299

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

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