#5A2489#5A2489

#5A2489 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.159 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2489
RGB	rgb(90, 36, 137)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 73.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 43.79, -46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 63.70, 313.42°)
OKLab	oklab(39.38% 0.09 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(39.38% 0.159 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3617, 5.2416, 24.1806)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2489 #538924

analogous

#272489 #5A2489 #892486

triadic

#5A2489 #895A24 #24895A

tetradic

#5A2489 #892724 #538924 #248689

square

#5A2489 #892724 #538924 #248689

split-complementary

#5A2489 #868924 #248927

monochromatic

#1A0B28 #3A1759 #5A2489 #7A31B9 #9855D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#5A2489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5A2489 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2489

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2489	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 36, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.159 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d64ac',
    500: '#5a2489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2489;
$custom-light: #8d64ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.079,
    "s": 58.382,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39375,
    "c": 0.15942,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2489

secondary

#81B752

accent

#E2468F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2489

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

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