#5A2D9E#5A2D9E

#5A2D9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.172 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2D9E
RGB	rgb(90, 45, 158)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 71.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.69, 44.81, -53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.69, 70.06, 309.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% 0.0767 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.172 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3248, 6.5188, 33.0027)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2D9E #719E2D

analogous

#2D389E #5A2D9E #932D9E

triadic

#5A2D9E #9E5A2D #2D9E5A

tetradic

#5A2D9E #9E2D38 #719E2D #2D9E93

square

#5A2D9E #9E2D38 #719E2D #2D9E93

split-complementary

#5A2D9E #9E932D #389E2D

monochromatic

#24123F #3F1F6E #5A2D9E #7640C9 #986FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#5A2D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5A2D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2D9E

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2D9E	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 45, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.172 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6abc',
    500: '#5a2d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2d9e;
$custom-light: #8f6abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.894,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42231,
    "c": 0.17202,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2D9E

secondary

#9CBD69

accent

#DF49A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2D9E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →