#5A2799#5A2799

#5A2799 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.173 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2799
RGB	rgb(90, 39, 153)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 74.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, 46.43, -53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 70.61, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(41.06% 0.0836 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(41.06% 0.174 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6903, 5.9245, 30.7111)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2799 #669927

analogous

#272D99 #5A2799 #932799

triadic

#5A2799 #995A27 #27995A

tetradic

#5A2799 #99272D #669927 #279993

square

#5A2799 #99272D #669927 #279993

split-complementary

#5A2799 #999327 #2D9927

monochromatic

#210E37 #3D1B68 #5A2799 #7733CA #9763D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#5A2799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5A2799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2799

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2799	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 39, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.173 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66b8',
    500: '#5a2799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2799;
$custom-light: #8f66b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.842,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41064,
    "c": 0.1735,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2799

secondary

#93BD5F

accent

#E3459C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2799

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

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