#5A299E#5A299E

#5A299E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.177 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A299E
RGB	rgb(90, 41, 158)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 74.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.98, 46.79, -55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.98, 72.21, 310.39°)
OKLab	oklab(41.73% 0.0806 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(41.73% 0.177 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1793, 6.2279, 32.9542)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A299E #6D9E29

analogous

#29339E #5A299E #95299E

triadic

#5A299E #9E5A29 #299E5A

tetradic

#5A299E #9E2933 #6D9E29 #299E95

square

#5A299E #9E2933 #6D9E29 #299E95

split-complementary

#5A299E #9E9529 #339E29

monochromatic

#23103D #3E1C6D #5A299E #7639CC #9869D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#5A299E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5A299E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A299E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A299E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A299E	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a299e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 41, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.177 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f68bc',
    500: '#5a299e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a299e;
$custom-light: #8f68bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a299e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.128,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41731,
    "c": 0.17677,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A299E

secondary

#99BF64

accent

#E246A1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A299E

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

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