#5A2F79#5A2F79

#5A2F79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.125 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2F79
RGB	rgb(90, 47, 121)
HSL	hsl(275, 44%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 61.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.35, 34.04, -34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.35, 48.63, 314.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39.68% 0.078 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(39.68% 0.125 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6835, 5.5873, 18.7065)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2F79 #4E792F

analogous

#352F79 #5A2F79 #792F73

triadic

#5A2F79 #795A2F #2F795A

tetradic

#5A2F79 #79352F #4E792F #2F7379

square

#5A2F79 #79352F #4E792F #2F7379

split-complementary

#5A2F79 #73792F #2F7935

monochromatic

#180D21 #391E4D #5A2F79 #7B40A5 #9961C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#5A2F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5A2F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2F79

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2F79	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13417B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 47, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.125 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6aa0',
    500: '#5a2f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2f79;
$custom-light: #8b6aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.865,
    "s": 44.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39682,
    "c": 0.12507,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2F79

secondary

#7CA85B

accent

#D4548A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2F79

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

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