#5A2C8C#5A2C8C

#5A2C8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.152 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2C8C
RGB	rgb(90, 44, 140)
HSL	hsl(269, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 68.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, 40.55, -45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 60.90, 311.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.0806 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.152 302)
XYZ	xyz(9.8496, 5.8684, 25.4197)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2C8C #5E8C2C

analogous

#2C2E8C #5A2C8C #8A2C8C

triadic

#5A2C8C #8C5A2C #2C8C5A

tetradic

#5A2C8C #8C2C2E #5E8C2C #2C8C8A

square

#5A2C8C #8C2C2E #5E8C2C #2C8C8A

split-complementary

#5A2C8C #8C8A2C #2E8C2C

monochromatic

#1E0F2F #3C1D5D #5A2C8C #783BBB #9764CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#5A2C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5A2C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2C8C

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2C8C	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 44, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.152 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68ae',
    500: '#5a2c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2c8c;
$custom-light: #8d68ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.75,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40637,
    "c": 0.1523,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.05868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2C8C

secondary

#8CB55F

accent

#DC4C97

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2C8C

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

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