#5A229C#5A229C

#5A229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.182 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A229C
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.69, 49.46, -55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.69, 74.64, 311.50°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0874 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.182 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7877, 5.7179, 31.9813)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A229C #649C22

analogous

#22279C #5A229C #97229C

triadic

#5A229C #9C5A22 #229C5A

tetradic

#5A229C #9C2227 #649C22 #229C97

square

#5A229C #9C2227 #649C22 #229C97

split-complementary

#5A229C #9C9722 #279C22

monochromatic

#200C38 #3D176A #5A229C #772DCE #975DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#5A229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5A229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A229C

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A229C	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.182 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64ba',
    500: '#5a229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a229c;
$custom-light: #8f64ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.541,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4077,
    "c": 0.18222,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A229C

secondary

#91C05A

accent

#E7419B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A229C

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

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