#5A277A#5A277A

#5A277A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.139 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A277A
RGB	rgb(90, 39, 122)
HSL	hsl(277, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 68%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.82, 38.62, -37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.82, 54.05, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0885 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.139 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4541, 5.0300, 18.9341)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A277A #477A27

analogous

#30277A #5A277A #7A2771

triadic

#5A277A #7A5A27 #277A5A

tetradic

#5A277A #7A3027 #477A27 #27717A

square

#5A277A #7A3027 #477A27 #27717A

split-complementary

#5A277A #717A27 #277A30

monochromatic

#16091D #38184C #5A277A #7C36A8 #9B53C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#5A277A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5A277A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A277A

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A277A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A277A	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a277a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 39, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.139 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c65a1',
    500: '#5a277a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a277a;
$custom-light: #8c65a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a277a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.867,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38597,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A277A

secondary

#74AC51

accent

#DB4D84

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A277A

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

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