#5A3296#5A3296

#5A3296 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.156 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A3296
RGB	rgb(90, 50, 150)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 66.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.01, 39.99, -48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.01, 62.82, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.0725 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.156 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8607, 6.6567, 29.5609)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.90

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A3296 #6E9632

analogous

#323C96 #5A3296 #8C3296

triadic

#5A3296 #965A32 #32965A

tetradic

#5A3296 #96323C #6E9632 #32968C

square

#5A3296 #96323C #6E9632 #32968C

split-complementary

#5A3296 #968C32 #3C9632

monochromatic

#23133A #3E2368 #5A3296 #7644C1 #9872D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#5A3296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5A3296 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A3296

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A3296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A3296	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a3296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 50, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.156 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6cb6',
    500: '#5a3296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a3296;
$custom-light: #8e6cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a3296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42267,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A3296

secondary

#9AB86C

accent

#DA4EA2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A3296

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

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