#5A285E#5A285E

#5A285E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.106 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A285E
RGB	rgb(90, 40, 94)
HSL	hsl(296, 40%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(296, 57%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 57.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.26, 31.70, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.26, 38.73, 324.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% 0.0864 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.106 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9954, 4.4998, 11.0876)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A285E #2C5E28

analogous

#3F285E #5A285E #5E2847

triadic

#5A285E #5E5A28 #285E5A

tetradic

#5A285E #5E3F28 #2C5E28 #28475E

square

#5A285E #5E3F28 #2C5E28 #28475E

split-complementary

#5A285E #475E28 #285E3F

monochromatic

#150915 #311633 #5A285E #833A89 #AC4DB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#5A285E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5A285E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A285E

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A285E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A285E	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#213860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#313E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2F3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a285e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 40, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.106 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a658c',
    500: '#5a285e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a285e;
$custom-light: #8a658c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a285e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.556,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36895,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A285E

secondary

#569151

accent

#D05861

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0EBF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C060C

muted

#7D7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A285E

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

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