#5A337E#5A337E

#5A337E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.125 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A337E
RGB	rgb(90, 51, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 42%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 60%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 59.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.53, 33.02, -35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.53, 48.83, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% 0.0725 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.125 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1654, 6.0477, 20.4191)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A337E #577E33

analogous

#35337E #5A337E #7E337D

triadic

#5A337E #7E5A33 #337E5A

tetradic

#5A337E #7E3533 #577E33 #337D7E

square

#5A337E #7E3533 #577E33 #337D7E

split-complementary

#5A337E #7D7E33 #337E35

monochromatic

#1C1027 #3B2152 #5A337E #7945AA #9769C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#5A337E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5A337E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A337E

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A337E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A337E	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25467C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a337e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 51, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.125 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ca4',
    500: '#5a337e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a337e;
$custom-light: #8b6ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a337e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40653,
    "c": 0.1247,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A337E

secondary

#85AA63

accent

#D25691

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A337E

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

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