#5A279F#5A279F

#5A279F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.180 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A279F
RGB	rgb(90, 39, 159)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 75.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, 48.00, -56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 73.77, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41.58% 0.0822 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(41.58% 0.18 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1983, 6.1277, 33.3869)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A279F #6C9F27

analogous

#27309F #5A279F #96279F

triadic

#5A279F #9F5A27 #279F5A

tetradic

#5A279F #9F2730 #6C9F27 #279F96

square

#5A279F #9F2730 #6C9F27 #279F96

split-complementary

#5A279F #9F9627 #309F27

monochromatic

#220F3D #3E1B6E #5A279F #7636CE #9867DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#5A279F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5A279F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A279F

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A279F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A279F	1.00	9.44	2.23	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a279f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 39, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.180 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66bc',
    500: '#5a279f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a279f;
$custom-light: #8f66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a279f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41582,
    "c": 0.18015,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A279F

secondary

#98C062

accent

#E444A0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A279F

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

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