#5A2CA0#5A2CA0

#5A2CA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.176 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2CA0
RGB	rgb(90, 44, 160)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, 45.85, -55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 71.67, 309.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.0773 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.176 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4606, 6.5128, 33.9042)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2CA0 #72A02C

analogous

#2C38A0 #5A2CA0 #942CA0

triadic

#5A2CA0 #A05A2C #2CA05A

tetradic

#5A2CA0 #A02C38 #72A02C #2CA094

square

#5A2CA0 #A02C38 #72A02C #2CA094

split-complementary

#5A2CA0 #A0942C #38A02C

monochromatic

#241240 #3F1F70 #5A2CA0 #763FCA #986FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#5A2CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5A2CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2CA0

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2CA0	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 44, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.176 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69bd',
    500: '#5a2ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2ca0;
$custom-light: #8f69bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.793,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42272,
    "c": 0.17554,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2CA0

secondary

#9DBF69

accent

#E048A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2CA0

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

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