#5A2997#5A2997

#5A2997 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.169 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2997
RGB	rgb(90, 41, 151)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.40, 44.95, -51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.40, 68.50, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% 0.0821 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.169 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5939, 5.9938, 29.8709)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2997 #669729

analogous

#292F97 #5A2997 #912997

triadic

#5A2997 #975A29 #29975A

tetradic

#5A2997 #97292F #669729 #299791

square

#5A2997 #97292F #669729 #299791

split-complementary

#5A2997 #979129 #2F9729

monochromatic

#210F37 #3D1C67 #5A2997 #7736C7 #9765D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#5A2997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5A2997 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2997

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2997	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)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 41, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.169 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e67b6',
    500: '#5a2997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2997;
$custom-light: #8e67b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.727,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41136,
    "c": 0.16887,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2997

secondary

#93BB61

accent

#E1479C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2997

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

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