#5A2996#5A2996

#5A2996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.168 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2996
RGB	rgb(90, 41, 150)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 72.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.31, 44.69, -51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.31, 67.96, 311.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% 0.0823 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.168 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5130, 5.9614, 29.4450)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2996 #659629

analogous

#292F96 #5A2996 #902996

triadic

#5A2996 #965A29 #29965A

tetradic

#5A2996 #96292F #659629 #299690

square

#5A2996 #96292F #659629 #299690

split-complementary

#5A2996 #969029 #2F9629

monochromatic

#200F36 #3D1C66 #5A2996 #7736C6 #9765D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#5A2996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5A2996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2996

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2996	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 41, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.168 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e67b6',
    500: '#5a2996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2996;
$custom-light: #8e67b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.972,
    "s": 57.068,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41053,
    "c": 0.16774,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2996

secondary

#92BB60

accent

#E0479C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2996

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

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