#5A279B#5A279B

#5A279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.176 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A279B
RGB	rgb(90, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.39, 46.95, -54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.39, 71.66, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% 0.0832 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.176 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8568, 5.9911, 31.5884)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A279B #689B27

analogous

#272E9B #5A279B #94279B

triadic

#5A279B #9B5A27 #279B5A

tetradic

#5A279B #9B272E #689B27 #279B94

square

#5A279B #9B272E #689B27 #279B94

split-complementary

#5A279B #9B9427 #2E9B27

monochromatic

#210E39 #3E1B6A #5A279B #7633CC #9764D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#5A279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5A279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A279B

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A279B	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.176 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66b9',
    500: '#5a279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a279b;
$custom-light: #8f66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.379,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41235,
    "c": 0.17571,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A279B

secondary

#95BE60

accent

#E3459D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A279B

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

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