#5A2CA2#5A2CA2

#5A2CA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.178 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2CA2
RGB	rgb(90, 44, 162)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.84, 46.39, -56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.84, 72.74, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% 0.0769 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.178 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6370, 6.5834, 34.8330)
Luminance	0.0658 (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

#5A2CA2 #74A22C

analogous

#2C39A2 #5A2CA2 #952CA2

triadic

#5A2CA2 #A25A2C #2CA25A

tetradic

#5A2CA2 #A22C39 #74A22C #2CA295

square

#5A2CA2 #A22C39 #74A22C #2CA295

split-complementary

#5A2CA2 #A2952C #39A22C

monochromatic

#251242 #3F1F72 #5A2CA2 #7640CB #9970D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#5A2CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#5A2CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2CA2

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2CA2	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 44, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.178 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69be',
    500: '#5a2ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2ca2;
$custom-light: #8f69be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.39,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42443,
    "c": 0.17783,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2CA2

secondary

#9EBF6A

accent

#E147A5

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2CA2

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

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