#5A2E87#5A2E87

#5A2E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.144 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2E87
RGB	rgb(90, 46, 135)
HSL	hsl(270, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 65.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, 38.18, -42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 56.97, 312.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% 0.0788 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.144 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5656, 5.8769, 23.5474)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.45

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2E87 #5B872E

analogous

#2E2E87 #5A2E87 #862E87

triadic

#5A2E87 #875A2E #2E875A

tetradic

#5A2E87 #872E2E #5B872E #2E8786

square

#5A2E87 #872E2E #5B872E #2E8786

split-complementary

#5A2E87 #87862E #2E872E

monochromatic

#1D0F2C #3C1E59 #5A2E87 #783EB5 #9765CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#5A2E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5A2E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2E87

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2E87	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#124485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 46, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.144 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6aab',
    500: '#5a2e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2e87;
$custom-light: #8c6aab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.663,
    "s": 49.171,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40535,
    "c": 0.14354,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2E87

secondary

#89B160

accent

#D94F95

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2E87

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

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