#5A2597#5A2597

#5A2597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.174 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2597
RGB	rgb(90, 37, 151)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 75.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 46.85, -52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 70.58, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% 0.086 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.174 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4625, 5.7310, 29.8271)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2597 #629725

analogous

#252997 #5A2597 #932597

triadic

#5A2597 #975A25 #25975A

tetradic

#5A2597 #972529 #629725 #259793

square

#5A2597 #972529 #629725 #259793

split-complementary

#5A2597 #979325 #299725

monochromatic

#1F0D35 #3D1966 #5A2597 #7731C8 #975FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#5A2597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5A2597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2597

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2597	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)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 37, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.174 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65b6',
    500: '#5a2597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2597;
$custom-light: #8f65b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.895,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4066,
    "c": 0.17358,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2597

secondary

#8FBD5B

accent

#E4449A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2597

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

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