#5A279A#5A279A

#5A279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.175 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A279A
RGB	rgb(90, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.31, 46.69, -53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.31, 71.14, 311.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.15% 0.0834 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(41.15% 0.175 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7732, 5.9576, 31.1479)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A279A #679A27

analogous

#272D9A #5A279A #93279A

triadic

#5A279A #9A5A27 #279A5A

tetradic

#5A279A #9A272D #679A27 #279A93

square

#5A279A #9A272D #679A27 #279A93

split-complementary

#5A279A #9A9327 #2D9A27

monochromatic

#210E38 #3D1B69 #5A279A #7733CB #9764D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#5A279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5A279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A279A

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A279A	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.175 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66b9',
    500: '#5a279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a279a;
$custom-light: #8f66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.609,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41149,
    "c": 0.17461,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A279A

secondary

#94BD5F

accent

#E3459D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A279A

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

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