#5A2D71#5A2D71

#5A2D71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.119 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2D71
RGB	rgb(90, 45, 113)
HSL	hsl(280, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 60.2%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.42, 33.21, -31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.42, 45.52, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.84% 0.0806 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(38.84% 0.119 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1350, 5.2429, 16.2030)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2D71 #44712D

analogous

#382D71 #5A2D71 #712D66

triadic

#5A2D71 #715A2D #2D715A

tetradic

#5A2D71 #71382D #44712D #2D6671

square

#5A2D71 #71382D #44712D #2D6671

split-complementary

#5A2D71 #66712D #2D7138

monochromatic

#140A19 #371C45 #5A2D71 #7D3E9D #9C5BBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#5A2D71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5A2D71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2D71

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2D71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2D71	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183E73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29426F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2d71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 45, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.119 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b689a',
    500: '#5a2d71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2d71;
$custom-light: #8b689a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2d71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.706,
    "s": 43.038,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38838,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2D71

secondary

#71A357

accent

#D35580

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2D71

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

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