#5A2CAA#5A2CAA

#5A2CAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.187 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2CAA
RGB	rgb(90, 44, 170)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 74.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 48.54, -59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 76.97, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.14% 0.0751 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(43.14% 0.187 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3708, 6.8769, 38.6980)
Luminance	0.0688 (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

#5A2CAA #7CAA2C

analogous

#2C3DAA #5A2CAA #992CAA

triadic

#5A2CAA #AA5A2C #2CAA5A

tetradic

#5A2CAA #AA2C3D #7CAA2C #2CAA99

square

#5A2CAA #AA2C3D #7CAA2C #2CAA99

split-complementary

#5A2CAA #AA992C #3DAA2C

monochromatic

#271349 #401F79 #5A2CAA #7744CF #9A75DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#5A2CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5A2CAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2CAA

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2CAA	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 44, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.187 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906ac4',
    500: '#5a2caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2caa;
$custom-light: #906ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.905,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43141,
    "c": 0.18695,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2CAA

secondary

#A4C36F

accent

#E246A9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2CAA

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

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