#5A2499#5A2499

#5A2499 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.177 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2499
RGB	rgb(90, 36, 153)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 76.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.73, 47.82, -53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.73, 72.12, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% 0.0864 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.177 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5956, 5.7352, 30.6796)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2499 #639924

analogous

#242999 #5A2499 #952499

triadic

#5A2499 #995A24 #24995A

tetradic

#5A2499 #992429 #639924 #249995

square

#5A2499 #992429 #639924 #249995

split-complementary

#5A2499 #999524 #299924

monochromatic

#200D36 #3D1867 #5A2499 #7730CB #975ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#5A2499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5A2499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2499

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2499	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 36, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.177 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65b8',
    500: '#5a2499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2499;
$custom-light: #8f65b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40721,
    "c": 0.17688,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2499

secondary

#90BE5B

accent

#E5439A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2499

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

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