#5A2999#5A2999

#5A2999 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.171 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2999
RGB	rgb(90, 41, 153)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 73.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.56, 45.47, -52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.56, 69.56, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.3% 0.0817 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(41.3% 0.171 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7577, 6.0593, 30.7336)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2999 #689929

analogous

#293099 #5A2999 #922999

triadic

#5A2999 #995A29 #29995A

tetradic

#5A2999 #992930 #689929 #299992

square

#5A2999 #992930 #689929 #299992

split-complementary

#5A2999 #999229 #309929

monochromatic

#210F38 #3E1C69 #5A2999 #7636C9 #9766D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#5A2999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5A2999 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2999

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2999	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 41, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.171 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e67b8',
    500: '#5a2999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2999;
$custom-light: #8e67b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 57.732,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41304,
    "c": 0.17114,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2999

secondary

#95BC62

accent

#E1479E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2999

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

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