#5A2BAE#5A2BAE

#5A2BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.193 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2BAE
RGB	rgb(90, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.71, 50.10, -61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.71, 79.57, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(43.38% 0.0749 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(43.38% 0.193 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7182, 6.9570, 40.7089)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2BAE #7FAE2B

analogous

#2B3DAE #5A2BAE #9C2BAE

triadic

#5A2BAE #AE5A2B #2BAE5A

tetradic

#5A2BAE #AE2B3D #7FAE2B #2BAE9C

square

#5A2BAE #AE2B3D #7FAE2B #2BAE9C

split-complementary

#5A2BAE #AE9C2B #3DAE2B

monochromatic

#27134C #411F7D #5A2BAE #7745D1 #9B76DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#5A2BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5A2BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2BAE

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2BAE	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.193 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9169c7',
    500: '#5a2bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2bae;
$custom-light: #9169c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.527,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43378,
    "c": 0.19254,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2BAE

secondary

#A6C570

accent

#E444AA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2BAE

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

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