#5A3196#5A3196

#5A3196 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.157 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A3196
RGB	rgb(90, 49, 150)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 67.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 40.54, -48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 63.42, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.0737 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.157 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8184, 6.5721, 29.5468)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A3196 #6D9631

analogous

#313B96 #5A3196 #8D3196

triadic

#5A3196 #965A31 #31965A

tetradic

#5A3196 #96313B #6D9631 #31968D

square

#5A3196 #96313B #6D9631 #31968D

split-complementary

#5A3196 #968D31 #3B9631

monochromatic

#23133A #3E2268 #5A3196 #7643C1 #9871D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#5A3196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5A3196 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A3196

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A3196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A3196	1.00	9.07	2.31	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a3196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 49, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.157 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6cb6',
    500: '#5a3196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a3196;
$custom-light: #8e6cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a3196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.356,
    "s": 50.754,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42123,
    "c": 0.15736,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A3196

secondary

#99B86A

accent

#DA4EA1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A3196

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

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