#5A2397#5A2397

#5A2397 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.176 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2397
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 151)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 76.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, 47.76, -53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 71.57, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.0878 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.176 300)
XYZ	xyz(10.4020, 5.6100, 29.8070)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2397 #609723

analogous

#232697 #5A2397 #942397

triadic

#5A2397 #975A23 #23975A

tetradic

#5A2397 #972326 #609723 #239794

square

#5A2397 #972326 #609723 #239794

split-complementary

#5A2397 #979423 #269723

monochromatic

#1F0C34 #3C1765 #5A2397 #782FC9 #975BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#5A2397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5A2397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2397

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2397	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.176 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b6',
    500: '#5a2397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2397;
$custom-light: #8f64b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.448,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40437,
    "c": 0.17581,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.0561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2397

secondary

#8EBE58

accent

#E54298

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2397

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

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