#5A2AA2#5A2AA2

#5A2AA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.180 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2AA2
RGB	rgb(90, 42, 162)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 74.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 47.36, -56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 73.80, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% 0.0788 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.18 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5643, 6.4380, 34.8088)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2AA2 #72A22A

analogous

#2A36A2 #5A2AA2 #962AA2

triadic

#5A2AA2 #A25A2A #2AA25A

tetradic

#5A2AA2 #A22A36 #72A22A #2AA296

square

#5A2AA2 #A22A36 #72A22A #2AA296

split-complementary

#5A2AA2 #A2962A #36A22A

monochromatic

#241141 #3F1D71 #5A2AA2 #763DCD #986DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#5A2AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5A2AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2AA2

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2AA2	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 42, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.180 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f68be',
    500: '#5a2aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2aa2;
$custom-light: #8f68be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42198,
    "c": 0.18014,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2AA2

secondary

#9DC068

accent

#E246A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2AA2

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

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