#5A2598#5A2598

#5A2598 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.175 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2598
RGB	rgb(90, 37, 152)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 75.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, 47.11, -53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 71.10, 311.50°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% 0.0858 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.175 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5441, 5.7637, 30.2567)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2598 #639825

analogous

#252A98 #5A2598 #942598

triadic

#5A2598 #985A25 #25985A

tetradic

#5A2598 #98252A #639825 #259894

square

#5A2598 #98252A #639825 #259894

split-complementary

#5A2598 #989425 #2A9825

monochromatic

#200D36 #3D1967 #5A2598 #7731C9 #975FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#5A2598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5A2598 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2598

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2598	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 37, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.175 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65b7',
    500: '#5a2598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2598;
$custom-light: #8f65b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.652,
    "s": 60.847,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40746,
    "c": 0.17467,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2598

secondary

#90BD5C

accent

#E4449A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2598

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

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