#5A279C#5A279C

#5A279C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.177 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A279C
RGB	rgb(90, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.47, 47.21, -54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.47, 72.19, 310.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.32% 0.0829 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(41.32% 0.177 298)
XYZ	xyz(10.9412, 6.0248, 32.0325)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A279C #699C27

analogous

#272E9C #5A279C #94279C

triadic

#5A279C #9C5A27 #279C5A

tetradic

#5A279C #9C272E #699C27 #279C94

square

#5A279C #9C272E #699C27 #279C94

split-complementary

#5A279C #9C9427 #2E9C27

monochromatic

#220F3A #3E1B6B #5A279C #7634CC #9765D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#5A279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5A279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A279C

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A279C	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.177 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66ba',
    500: '#5a279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a279c;
$custom-light: #8f66ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.154,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41321,
    "c": 0.17683,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.06025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A279C

secondary

#95BE61

accent

#E3459E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A279C

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

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