#5A229A#5A229A

#5A229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.180 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A229A
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, 48.95, -54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 73.60, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.0879 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.18 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6197, 5.6507, 31.0968)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A229A #629A22

analogous

#22269A #5A229A #96229A

triadic

#5A229A #9A5A22 #229A5A

tetradic

#5A229A #9A2226 #629A22 #229A96

square

#5A229A #9A2226 #629A22 #229A96

split-complementary

#5A229A #9A9622 #269A22

monochromatic

#1F0C36 #3D1768 #5A229A #772DCC #975BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#5A229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5A229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A229A

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A229A	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.180 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b9',
    500: '#5a229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a229a;
$custom-light: #8f64b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40592,
    "c": 0.18009,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A229A

secondary

#8FBF58

accent

#E74199

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A229A

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

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