#5A2E85#5A2E85

#5A2E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.141 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2E85
RGB	rgb(90, 46, 133)
HSL	hsl(270, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 65.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 37.66, -41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 55.87, 312.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% 0.0789 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.141 304)
XYZ	xyz(9.4261, 5.8211, 22.8128)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.36

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2E85 #59852E

analogous

#2F2E85 #5A2E85 #852E84

triadic

#5A2E85 #855A2E #2E855A

tetradic

#5A2E85 #852F2E #59852E #2E8485

square

#5A2E85 #852F2E #59852E #2E8485

split-complementary

#5A2E85 #84852E #2E852F

monochromatic

#1C0F2A #3B1E58 #5A2E85 #793EB2 #9764C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#5A2E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5A2E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2E85

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2E85	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#154483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 46, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.141 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69a9',
    500: '#5a2e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2e85;
$custom-light: #8c69a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.345,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40386,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.05821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2E85

secondary

#87B05F

accent

#D85093

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2E85

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

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