#5A2B8A#5A2B8A

#5A2B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.151 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2B8A
RGB	rgb(90, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, 40.56, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 60.39, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.0821 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.151 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6667, 5.7364, 24.6378)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2B8A #5B8A2B

analogous

#2B2C8A #5A2B8A #892B8A

triadic

#5A2B8A #8A5A2B #2B8A5A

tetradic

#5A2B8A #8A2B2C #5B8A2B #2B8A89

square

#5A2B8A #8A2B2C #5B8A2B #2B8A89

split-complementary

#5A2B8A #8A892B #2C8A2B

monochromatic

#1D0E2D #3C1C5B #5A2B8A #783AB9 #9761CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#5A2B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5A2B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2B8A

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2B8A	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.151 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68ad',
    500: '#5a2b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2b8a;
$custom-light: #8d68ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.684,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40345,
    "c": 0.15135,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2B8A

secondary

#89B45D

accent

#DC4C95

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2B8A

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

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