#5A2595#5A2595

#5A2595 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.171 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2595
RGB	rgb(90, 37, 149)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.56, 46.34, -51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.56, 69.53, 311.80°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.0865 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.171 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3015, 5.6666, 28.9790)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2595 #609525

analogous

#252895 #5A2595 #922595

triadic

#5A2595 #955A25 #25955A

tetradic

#5A2595 #952528 #609525 #259592

square

#5A2595 #952528 #609525 #259592

split-complementary

#5A2595 #959225 #289525

monochromatic

#1F0D33 #3C1964 #5A2595 #7831C6 #975ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#5A2595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5A2595 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2595

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2595	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 37, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.171 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e65b5',
    500: '#5a2595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2595;
$custom-light: #8e65b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.393,
    "s": 60.215,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40489,
    "c": 0.17139,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2595

secondary

#8EBC5A

accent

#E34498

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2595

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

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