#5A2391#5A2391

#5A2391 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.169 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2391
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 145)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 75.9%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.90, 46.25, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.90, 68.43, 312.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% 0.0893 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.169 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9271, 5.4200, 27.3057)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2391 #5A9123

analogous

#232391 #5A2391 #912391

triadic

#5A2391 #915A23 #23915A

tetradic

#5A2391 #912323 #5A9123 #239191

square

#5A2391 #912323 #5A9123 #239191

split-complementary

#5A2391 #919123 #239123

monochromatic

#1D0B2E #3B1760 #5A2391 #792FC2 #9758D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#5A2391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5A2391 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2391

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2391	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.169 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64b2',
    500: '#5a2391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2391;
$custom-light: #8e64b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39923,
    "c": 0.16933,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2391

secondary

#88BB55

accent

#E44494

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2391

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

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