#5A279D#5A279D

#5A279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.178 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A279D
RGB	rgb(90, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.56, 47.47, -55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.56, 72.72, 310.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.41% 0.0827 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(41.41% 0.178 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0262, 6.0588, 32.4803)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A279D #6A9D27

analogous

#272F9D #5A279D #95279D

triadic

#5A279D #9D5A27 #279D5A

tetradic

#5A279D #9D272F #6A9D27 #279D95

square

#5A279D #9D272F #6A9D27 #279D95

split-complementary

#5A279D #9D9527 #2F9D27

monochromatic

#220F3B #3E1B6C #5A279D #7635CD #9766D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#5A279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5A279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A279D

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A279D	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.178 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66bb',
    500: '#5a279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a279d;
$custom-light: #8f66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.932,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41408,
    "c": 0.17794,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A279D

secondary

#96BF61

accent

#E3449F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A279D

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

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