#5A2399#5A2399

#5A2399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.178 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2399
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 153)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 77.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.58, 48.26, -54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.58, 72.61, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% 0.0873 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.178 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5658, 5.6755, 30.6696)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2399 #629923

analogous

#232799 #5A2399 #952399

triadic

#5A2399 #995A23 #23995A

tetradic

#5A2399 #992327 #629923 #239995

square

#5A2399 #992327 #629923 #239995

split-complementary

#5A2399 #999523 #279923

monochromatic

#1F0C35 #3D1867 #5A2399 #772ECB #975DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#5A2399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5A2399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2399

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2399	1.00	9.84	2.14	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.178 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b8',
    500: '#5a2399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2399;
$custom-light: #8f64b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.966,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40611,
    "c": 0.17796,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2399

secondary

#8FBE59

accent

#E64299

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2399

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

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