#5A2A8A#5A2A8A

#5A2A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.153 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2A8A
RGB	rgb(90, 42, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 69.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.55, 41.08, -45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.55, 60.96, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% 0.0832 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.153 303)
XYZ	xyz(9.6308, 5.6646, 24.6258)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2A8A #5A8A2A

analogous

#2A2A8A #5A2A8A #8A2A8A

triadic

#5A2A8A #8A5A2A #2A8A5A

tetradic

#5A2A8A #8A2A2A #5A8A2A #2A8A8A

square

#5A2A8A #8A2A2A #5A8A2A #2A8A8A

split-complementary

#5A2A8A #8A8A2A #2A8A2A

monochromatic

#1D0D2C #3B1C5B #5A2A8A #7938B9 #9760CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#5A2A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5A2A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2A8A

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2A8A	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 42, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.153 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d67ad',
    500: '#5a2a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2a8a;
$custom-light: #8d67ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4021,
    "c": 0.15271,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.05665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2A8A

secondary

#88B45B

accent

#DD4B94

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2A8A

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

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