#5A2CA1#5A2CA1

#5A2CA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.177 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2CA1
RGB	rgb(90, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 72.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.75, 46.12, -55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.75, 72.21, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.36% 0.0771 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(42.36% 0.177 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5484, 6.5480, 34.3667)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.82

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2CA1 #73A12C

analogous

#2C38A1 #5A2CA1 #952CA1

triadic

#5A2CA1 #A15A2C #2CA15A

tetradic

#5A2CA1 #A12C38 #73A12C #2CA195

square

#5A2CA1 #A12C38 #73A12C #2CA195

split-complementary

#5A2CA1 #A1952C #38A12C

monochromatic

#241241 #3F1F71 #5A2CA1 #7640CB #9970D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#5A2CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5A2CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2CA1

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2CA1	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.177 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69be',
    500: '#5a2ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2ca1;
$custom-light: #8f69be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.59,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42358,
    "c": 0.17669,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2CA1

secondary

#9DBF6A

accent

#E047A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2CA1

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

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