#5A338D#5A338D

#5A338D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.143 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A338D
RGB	rgb(90, 51, 141)
HSL	hsl(266, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 63.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 36.99, -43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 57.22, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(41.73% 0.0721 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(41.73% 0.143 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2068, 6.4643, 25.9041)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A338D #668D33

analogous

#33398D #5A338D #87338D

triadic

#5A338D #8D5A33 #338D5A

tetradic

#5A338D #8D3339 #668D33 #338D87

square

#5A338D #8D3339 #668D33 #338D87

split-complementary

#5A338D #8D8733 #398D33

monochromatic

#211233 #3D2360 #5A338D #7743BA #976FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#5A338D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5A338D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A338D

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A338D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A338D	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10478B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a338d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 51, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.143 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6daf',
    500: '#5a338d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a338d;
$custom-light: #8d6daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a338d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41726,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A338D

secondary

#93B369

accent

#D7519D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A338D

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

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