#5A2490#5A2490

#5A2490 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.167 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2490
RGB	rgb(90, 36, 144)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 75%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.98, 45.54, -49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.98, 67.40, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0885 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.167 302)
XYZ	xyz(9.8802, 5.4490, 26.9114)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2490 #5A9024

analogous

#242490 #5A2490 #902490

triadic

#5A2490 #905A24 #24905A

tetradic

#5A2490 #902424 #5A9024 #249090

square

#5A2490 #902424 #5A9024 #249090

split-complementary

#5A2490 #909024 #249024

monochromatic

#1D0C2E #3B185F #5A2490 #7930C1 #9759D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#5A2490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5A2490 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2490

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2490	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 36, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.167 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64b1',
    500: '#5a2490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2490;
$custom-light: #8e64b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39952,
    "c": 0.16708,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.05449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2490

secondary

#88BA56

accent

#E34594

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2490

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

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