#5A2AAD#5A2AAD

#5A2AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.192 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2AAD
RGB	rgb(90, 42, 173)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 75.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, 50.30, -61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 79.56, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.076 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.192 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5851, 6.8463, 40.1854)
Luminance	0.0685 (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

#5A2AAD #7DAD2A

analogous

#2A3BAD #5A2AAD #9C2AAD

triadic

#5A2AAD #AD5A2A #2AAD5A

tetradic

#5A2AAD #AD2A3B #7DAD2A #2AAD9C

square

#5A2AAD #AD2A3B #7DAD2A #2AAD9C

split-complementary

#5A2AAD #AD9C2A #3BAD2A

monochromatic

#27124B #401E7C #5A2AAD #7743D1 #9B74DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#5A2AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5A2AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2AAD

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2AAD	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 42, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.192 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9169c7',
    500: '#5a2aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2aad;
$custom-light: #9169c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.985,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43172,
    "c": 0.19248,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2AAD

secondary

#A5C56E

accent

#E444A9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2AAD

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

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