#5A2B87#5A2B87

#5A2B87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.148 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2B87
RGB	rgb(90, 43, 135)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, 39.79, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 58.76, 312.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.11% 0.0824 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(40.11% 0.148 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4525, 5.6507, 23.5097)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2B87 #58872B

analogous

#2C2B87 #5A2B87 #872B86

triadic

#5A2B87 #875A2B #2B875A

tetradic

#5A2B87 #872C2B #58872B #2B8687

square

#5A2B87 #872C2B #58872B #2B8687

split-complementary

#5A2B87 #86872B #2B872C

monochromatic

#1C0D2A #3B1C59 #5A2B87 #793AB5 #9760CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#5A2B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5A2B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2B87

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2B87	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A4385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 43, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.148 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68ab',
    500: '#5a2b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2b87;
$custom-light: #8d68ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.652,
    "s": 51.685,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40113,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2B87

secondary

#86B25B

accent

#DB4D92

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2B87

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

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