#5A255B#5A255B

#5A255B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.108 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A255B
RGB	rgb(90, 37, 91)
HSL	hsl(299, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(299, 59%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 59.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 32.70, -21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 39.13, 326.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.28% 0.0905 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(36.28% 0.108 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7662, 4.2525, 10.3599)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A255B #265B25

analogous

#3F255B #5A255B #5B2541

triadic

#5A255B #5B5A25 #255B5A

tetradic

#5A255B #5B3F25 #265B25 #25415B

square

#5A255B #5B3F25 #265B25 #25415B

split-complementary

#5A255B #415B25 #255B3F

monochromatic

#160916 #2F132F #5A255B #853787 #B048B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#5A255B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5A255B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A255B

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A255B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A255B	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F365D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#303D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a255b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 37, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.108 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6389',
    500: '#5a255b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a255b;
$custom-light: #8a6389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a255b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.889,
    "s": 42.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36276,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A255B

secondary

#4F8E4D

accent

#D25658

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0EBF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C050B

muted

#7D7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A255B

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

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