#5A337D#5A337D

#5A337D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.123 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A337D
RGB	rgb(90, 51, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 42%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 59%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 59.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.47, 32.76, -35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.47, 48.27, 312.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.0725 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.123 306)
XYZ	xyz(9.1012, 6.0221, 20.0810)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.43

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A337D #567D33

analogous

#35337D #5A337D #7D337B

triadic

#5A337D #7D5A33 #337D5A

tetradic

#5A337D #7D3533 #567D33 #337B7D

square

#5A337D #7D3533 #567D33 #337B7D

split-complementary

#5A337D #7B7D33 #337D35

monochromatic

#1B1026 #3B2152 #5A337D #7945A8 #9869C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#5A337D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5A337D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A337D

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A337D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A337D	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17447F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26467B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a337d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 51, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.123 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ca3',
    500: '#5a337d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a337d;
$custom-light: #8b6ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a337d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.622,
    "s": 42.045,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40585,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.06022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A337D

secondary

#84AA62

accent

#D25691

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A337D

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

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