#5A2491#5A2491

#5A2491 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.168 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2491
RGB	rgb(90, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.06, 45.79, -50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.06, 67.93, 312.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.04% 0.0883 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(40.04% 0.168 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9569, 5.4797, 27.3157)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2491 #5B9124

analogous

#242491 #5A2491 #902491

triadic

#5A2491 #915A24 #24915A

tetradic

#5A2491 #912424 #5B9124 #249190

square

#5A2491 #912424 #5B9124 #249190

split-complementary

#5A2491 #919024 #249124

monochromatic

#1D0C2F #3C1860 #5A2491 #7830C2 #9759D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#5A2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5A2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2491

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2491	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.168 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64b2',
    500: '#5a2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2491;
$custom-light: #8e64b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.725,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40036,
    "c": 0.16817,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2491

secondary

#89BA56

accent

#E34495

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2491

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

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