#5A2995#5A2995

#5A2995 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.167 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2995
RGB	rgb(90, 41, 149)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 72.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.23, 44.43, -50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.23, 67.43, 311.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.97% 0.0825 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(40.97% 0.167 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4328, 5.9293, 29.0228)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2995 #649529

analogous

#292E95 #5A2995 #902995

triadic

#5A2995 #955A29 #29955A

tetradic

#5A2995 #95292E #649529 #299590

square

#5A2995 #95292E #649529 #299590

split-complementary

#5A2995 #959029 #2E9529

monochromatic

#200F35 #3D1C65 #5A2995 #7736C5 #9764D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#5A2995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5A2995 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2995

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2995	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 41, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.167 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e67b5',
    500: '#5a2995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2995;
$custom-light: #8e67b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.222,
    "s": 56.842,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40969,
    "c": 0.16661,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2995

secondary

#91BA60

accent

#E0489B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2995

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

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