#5A3299#5A3299

#5A3299 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.160 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A3299
RGB	rgb(90, 50, 153)
HSL	hsl(263, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(263, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 67.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 40.81, -49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 64.47, 309.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.0722 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.16 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1053, 6.7546, 30.8495)
Luminance	0.0675 (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

#5A3299 #719932

analogous

#323E99 #5A3299 #8E3299

triadic

#5A3299 #995A32 #32995A

tetradic

#5A3299 #99323E #719932 #32998E

square

#5A3299 #99323E #719932 #32998E

split-complementary

#5A3299 #998E32 #3E9932

monochromatic

#24143D #3F236B #5A3299 #7646C2 #9874D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#5A3299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5A3299 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A3299

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A3299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A3299	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a3299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 50, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.160 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6db8',
    500: '#5a3299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a3299;
$custom-light: #8e6db8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a3299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.301,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42504,
    "c": 0.15964,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A3299

secondary

#9CBA6D

accent

#DA4EA4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A3299

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

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