#5A3198#5A3198

#5A3198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.160 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A3198
RGB	rgb(90, 49, 152)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 67.8%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, 41.08, -49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 64.51, 309.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.0734 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.16 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9808, 6.6371, 30.4022)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.65

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A3198 #6F9831

analogous

#313C98 #5A3198 #8E3198

triadic

#5A3198 #985A31 #31985A

tetradic

#5A3198 #98313C #6F9831 #31988E

square

#5A3198 #98313C #6F9831 #31988E

split-complementary

#5A3198 #988E31 #3C9831

monochromatic

#23133B #3F226A #5A3198 #7644C3 #9872D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#5A3198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5A3198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A3198

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A3198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A3198	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a3198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 49, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.160 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6cb7',
    500: '#5a3198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a3198;
$custom-light: #8e6cb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a3198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.883,
    "s": 51.244,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42282,
    "c": 0.15978,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A3198

secondary

#9AB96B

accent

#DB4DA2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A3198

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

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