#5A2B72#5A2B72

#5A2B72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.123 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2B72
RGB	rgb(90, 43, 114)
HSL	hsl(280, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 62.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 34.57, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 47.33, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0834 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.123 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1171, 5.1165, 16.4763)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2B72 #43722B

analogous

#362B72 #5A2B72 #722B66

triadic

#5A2B72 #725A2B #2B725A

tetradic

#5A2B72 #72362B #43722B #2B6672

square

#5A2B72 #72362B #43722B #2B6672

split-complementary

#5A2B72 #66722B #2B7236

monochromatic

#140919 #371A46 #5A2B72 #7D3C9E #9D58C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#5A2B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5A2B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2B72

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2B72	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#133D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#274170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 43, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.123 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b679b',
    500: '#5a2b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2b72;
$custom-light: #8b679b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.718,
    "s": 45.223,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38601,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2B72

secondary

#70A455

accent

#D5537F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2B72

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

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