#5A2E9D#5A2E9D

#5A2E9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.170 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2E9D
RGB	rgb(90, 46, 157)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 70.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, 44.03, -53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 68.96, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.0759 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.17 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2777, 6.5617, 32.5641)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.16

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2E9D #719D2E

analogous

#2E399D #5A2E9D #922E9D

triadic

#5A2E9D #9D5A2E #2E9D5A

tetradic

#5A2E9D #9D2E39 #719D2E #2E9D92

square

#5A2E9D #9D2E39 #719D2E #2E9D92

split-complementary

#5A2E9D #9D922E #399D2E

monochromatic

#24123E #3F206E #5A2E9D #7641C7 #9870D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#5A2E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5A2E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2E9D

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2E9D	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	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: #5a2e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 46, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.170 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6abb',
    500: '#5a2e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2e9d;
$custom-light: #8f6abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.784,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42278,
    "c": 0.16962,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2E9D

secondary

#9CBD6A

accent

#DE4AA3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2E9D

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

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