#5A279E#5A279E

#5A279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.179 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A279E
RGB	rgb(90, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.65, 47.73, -55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.65, 73.24, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(41.5% 0.0825 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(41.5% 0.179 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1119, 6.0931, 32.9318)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A279E #6B9E27

analogous

#27309E #5A279E #95279E

triadic

#5A279E #9E5A27 #279E5A

tetradic

#5A279E #9E2730 #6B9E27 #279E95

square

#5A279E #9E2730 #6B9E27 #279E95

split-complementary

#5A279E #9E9527 #309E27

monochromatic

#220F3C #3E1B6D #5A279E #7635CD #9766D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#5A279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5A279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A279E

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A279E	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.179 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66bc',
    500: '#5a279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a279e;
$custom-light: #8f66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41495,
    "c": 0.17904,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A279E

secondary

#97BF62

accent

#E4449F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A279E

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

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