#5A2398#5A2398

#5A2398 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.177 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2398
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 152)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 77%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 48.01, -53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 72.09, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.52% 0.0876 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(40.52% 0.177 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4836, 5.6426, 30.2365)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2398 #619823

analogous

#232798 #5A2398 #952398

triadic

#5A2398 #985A23 #23985A

tetradic

#5A2398 #982327 #619823 #239895

square

#5A2398 #982327 #619823 #239895

split-complementary

#5A2398 #989523 #279823

monochromatic

#1F0C35 #3D1866 #5A2398 #772ECA #975CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#5A2398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5A2398 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2398

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2398	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.177 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b7',
    500: '#5a2398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2398;
$custom-light: #8f64b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.205,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40524,
    "c": 0.17687,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2398

secondary

#8EBE59

accent

#E64299

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2398

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

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