#5A2899#5A2899

#5A2899 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.172 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2899
RGB	rgb(90, 40, 153)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 73.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.39, 45.96, -52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.39, 70.09, 310.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.18% 0.0827 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(41.18% 0.172 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7235, 5.9910, 30.7222)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2899 #679928

analogous

#282E99 #5A2899 #922899

triadic

#5A2899 #995A28 #28995A

tetradic

#5A2899 #99282E #679928 #289992

square

#5A2899 #99282E #679928 #289992

split-complementary

#5A2899 #999228 #2E9928

monochromatic

#210F38 #3D1B68 #5A2899 #7735CA #9765D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#5A2899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5A2899 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2899

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2899	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 40, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.172 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f67b8',
    500: '#5a2899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2899;
$custom-light: #8f67b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.549,
    "s": 58.549,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41183,
    "c": 0.17232,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2899

secondary

#94BD60

accent

#E2469D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2899

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

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