#5A229D#5A229D

#5A229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.183 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A229D
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.78, 49.71, -56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.78, 75.15, 311.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.86% 0.0871 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(40.86% 0.183 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8727, 5.7519, 32.4291)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A229D #659D22

analogous

#22289D #5A229D #98229D

triadic

#5A229D #9D5A22 #229D5A

tetradic

#5A229D #9D2228 #659D22 #229D98

square

#5A229D #9D2228 #659D22 #229D98

split-complementary

#5A229D #9D9822 #289D22

monochromatic

#200C38 #3D176B #5A229D #772DCF #975DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#5A229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5A229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A229D

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A229D	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.183 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64bb',
    500: '#5a229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a229d;
$custom-light: #8f64bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.317,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40859,
    "c": 0.18329,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A229D

secondary

#92C15A

accent

#E7409B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A229D

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

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