#5A2F8A#5A2F8A

#5A2F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.146 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2F8A
RGB	rgb(90, 47, 138)
HSL	hsl(268, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 65.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.52, 38.42, -43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.52, 58.02, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0773 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.146 302)
XYZ	xyz(9.8193, 6.0416, 24.6887)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.83

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2F8A #5F8A2F

analogous

#2F328A #5A2F8A #882F8A

triadic

#5A2F8A #8A5A2F #2F8A5A

tetradic

#5A2F8A #8A2F32 #5F8A2F #2F8A88

square

#5A2F8A #8A2F32 #5F8A2F #2F8A88

split-complementary

#5A2F8A #8A882F #328A2F

monochromatic

#1E102F #3C1F5C #5A2F8A #783FB8 #9768CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#5A2F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5A2F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2F8A

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2F8A	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D4588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 47, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.146 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6aad',
    500: '#5a2f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2f8a;
$custom-light: #8d6aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.352,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40906,
    "c": 0.14568,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.06042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2F8A

secondary

#8DB362

accent

#D94F98

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2F8A

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

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