#5A2A8D#5A2A8D

#5A2A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.156 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2A8D
RGB	rgb(90, 42, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 70.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.78, 41.85, -46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.78, 62.58, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0828 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.156 302)
XYZ	xyz(9.8510, 5.7526, 25.7855)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2A8D #5D8D2A

analogous

#2A2B8D #5A2A8D #8B2A8D

triadic

#5A2A8D #8D5A2A #2A8D5A

tetradic

#5A2A8D #8D2A2B #5D8D2A #2A8D8B

square

#5A2A8D #8D2A2B #5D8D2A #2A8D8B

split-complementary

#5A2A8D #8D8B2A #2B8D2A

monochromatic

#1E0E2F #3C1C5E #5A2A8D #7838BC #9761D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#5A2A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5A2A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2A8D

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2A8D	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 42, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.156 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d67af',
    500: '#5a2a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2a8d;
$custom-light: #8d67af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40447,
    "c": 0.15618,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.05753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2A8D

secondary

#8BB65D

accent

#DD4A96

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2A8D

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

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