#5A2B99#5A2B99

#5A2B99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.169 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2B99
RGB	rgb(90, 43, 153)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 71.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.91, 44.48, -52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.91, 68.48, 310.51°)
OKLab	oklab(41.56% 0.0797 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(41.56% 0.169 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8286, 6.2012, 30.7572)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2B99 #6A992B

analogous

#2B3399 #5A2B99 #912B99

triadic

#5A2B99 #995A2B #2B995A

tetradic

#5A2B99 #992B33 #6A992B #2B9991

square

#5A2B99 #992B33 #6A992B #2B9991

split-complementary

#5A2B99 #99912B #33992B

monochromatic

#221039 #3E1E69 #5A2B99 #763AC8 #9769D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#5A2B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#5A2B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2B99

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2B99	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 43, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.169 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e68b8',
    500: '#5a2b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2b99;
$custom-light: #8e68b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.636,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41555,
    "c": 0.16871,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2B99

secondary

#96BC64

accent

#DF489F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2B99

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

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