#5A35AB#5A35AB

#5A35AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.178 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A35AB
RGB	rgb(90, 53, 171)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 69%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.26, 44.20, -57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.26, 72.51, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.4% 0.0664 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(44.4% 0.178 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8382, 7.6597, 39.3222)
Luminance	0.0766 (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

#5A35AB #86AB35

analogous

#354BAB #5A35AB #9535AB

triadic

#5A35AB #AB5A35 #35AB5A

tetradic

#5A35AB #AB354B #86AB35 #35AB95

square

#5A35AB #AB354B #86AB35 #35AB95

split-complementary

#5A35AB #AB9535 #4BAB35

monochromatic

#29184E #41277C #5A35AB #7953CA #9D82D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#5A35AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#5A35AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A35AB

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A35AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A35AB	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41526C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a35ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 53, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.178 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906fc5',
    500: '#5a35ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a35ab;
$custom-light: #906fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a35ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.814,
    "s": 52.679,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44402,
    "c": 0.17756,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A35AB

secondary

#ABC27A

accent

#DC4CAF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A35AB

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

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