#5A2E8A#5A2E8A

#5A2E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.147 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2E8A
RGB	rgb(90, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.32, 38.96, -43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.32, 58.62, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.76% 0.0785 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(40.76% 0.147 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7798, 5.9626, 24.6755)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.63

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2E8A #5E8A2E

analogous

#2E308A #5A2E8A #882E8A

triadic

#5A2E8A #8A5A2E #2E8A5A

tetradic

#5A2E8A #8A2E30 #5E8A2E #2E8A88

square

#5A2E8A #8A2E30 #5E8A2E #2E8A88

split-complementary

#5A2E8A #8A882E #308A2E

monochromatic

#1E0F2E #3C1F5C #5A2E8A #783DB8 #9766CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#5A2E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5A2E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2E8A

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2E8A	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A4588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.147 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6aad',
    500: '#5a2e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2e8a;
$custom-light: #8d6aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40762,
    "c": 0.14712,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2E8A

secondary

#8CB361

accent

#DA4E97

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2E8A

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

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