#5A2FA5#5A2FA5

#5A2FA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.178 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2FA5
RGB	rgb(90, 47, 165)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 71.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 45.68, -56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 72.70, 308.93°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% 0.0734 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.178 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0227, 6.9230, 36.2928)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2FA5 #7AA52F

analogous

#2F3FA5 #5A2FA5 #952FA5

triadic

#5A2FA5 #A55A2F #2FA55A

tetradic

#5A2FA5 #A52F3F #7AA52F #2FA595

square

#5A2FA5 #A52F3F #7AA52F #2FA595

split-complementary

#5A2FA5 #A5952F #3FA52F

monochromatic

#261446 #402175 #5A2FA5 #7747CB #9A76D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#5A2FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5A2FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2FA5

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2FA5	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 47, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.178 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6bc1',
    500: '#5a2fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2fa5;
$custom-light: #8f6bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.864,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43083,
    "c": 0.17775,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2FA5

secondary

#A3C070

accent

#DF49A8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2FA5

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

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