#5A2492#5A2492

#5A2492 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.169 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2492
RGB	rgb(90, 36, 146)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.14, 46.04, -50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.14, 68.45, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.12% 0.0881 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(40.12% 0.169 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0344, 5.5107, 27.7236)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.72

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2492 #5C9224

analogous

#242592 #5A2492 #912492

triadic

#5A2492 #925A24 #24925A

tetradic

#5A2492 #922425 #5C9224 #249291

square

#5A2492 #922425 #5C9224 #249291

split-complementary

#5A2492 #929124 #259224

monochromatic

#1D0C30 #3C1861 #5A2492 #7830C3 #975AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#5A2492 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5A2492 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2492

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2492	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2492	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2492;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 36, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.169 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64b3',
    500: '#5a2492',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2492;
$custom-light: #8e64b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2492",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.455,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4012,
    "c": 0.16926,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2492

secondary

#8ABB57

accent

#E44495

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2492

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

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