#5A2B89#5A2B89

#5A2B89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.150 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2B89
RGB	rgb(90, 43, 137)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 68.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.66, 40.30, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.66, 59.84, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.0822 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.15 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5946, 5.7076, 24.2583)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2B89 #5A892B

analogous

#2B2B89 #5A2B89 #892B89

triadic

#5A2B89 #895A2B #2B895A

tetradic

#5A2B89 #892B2B #5A892B #2B8989

square

#5A2B89 #892B2B #5A892B #2B8989

split-complementary

#5A2B89 #89892B #2B892B

monochromatic

#1D0E2C #3B1C5A #5A2B89 #793AB8 #9761CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#5A2B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5A2B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2B89

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2B89	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 43, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.150 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68ac',
    500: '#5a2b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2b89;
$custom-light: #8d68ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 52.222,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40267,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2B89

secondary

#88B35C

accent

#DC4C94

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2B89

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

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