#5A338E#5A338E

#5A338E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.145 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A338E
RGB	rgb(90, 51, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 64.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.63, 37.26, -44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.63, 57.78, 310.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.8% 0.0721 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(41.8% 0.145 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.2816, 6.4942, 26.2978)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A338E #678E33

analogous

#333A8E #5A338E #87338E

triadic

#5A338E #8E5A33 #338E5A

tetradic

#5A338E #8E333A #678E33 #338E87

square

#5A338E #8E333A #678E33 #338E87

split-complementary

#5A338E #8E8733 #3A8E33

monochromatic

#211334 #3D2361 #5A338E #7743BB #9770CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#5A338E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5A338E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A338E

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A338E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A338E	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E478C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a338e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 51, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.145 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6db0',
    500: '#5a338e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a338e;
$custom-light: #8d6db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a338e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41801,
    "c": 0.14472,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A338E

secondary

#94B469

accent

#D7519D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A338E

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

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