#5A2D9D#5A2D9D

#5A2D9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.171 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2D9D
RGB	rgb(90, 45, 157)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 71.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, 44.54, -53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 69.52, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.0769 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.171 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2390, 6.4845, 32.5512)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2D9D #709D2D

analogous

#2D389D #5A2D9D #922D9D

triadic

#5A2D9D #9D5A2D #2D9D5A

tetradic

#5A2D9D #9D2D38 #709D2D #2D9D92

square

#5A2D9D #9D2D38 #709D2D #2D9D92

split-complementary

#5A2D9D #9D922D #389D2D

monochromatic

#23123E #3F1F6D #5A2D9D #763FC8 #986FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#5A2D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5A2D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2D9D

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2D9D	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 45, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.171 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6abb',
    500: '#5a2d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2d9d;
$custom-light: #8f6abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.107,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42147,
    "c": 0.17085,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2D9D

secondary

#9BBD69

accent

#DF49A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2D9D

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

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