#5A35AE#5A35AE

#5A35AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.181 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A35AE
RGB	rgb(90, 53, 174)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 69.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 45.05, -58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 74.13, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% 0.0659 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.181 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.1274, 7.7754, 40.8453)
Luminance	0.0778 (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

#5A35AE #89AE35

analogous

#354DAE #5A35AE #9735AE

triadic

#5A35AE #AE5A35 #35AE5A

tetradic

#5A35AE #AE354D #89AE35 #35AE97

square

#5A35AE #AE354D #89AE35 #35AE97

split-complementary

#5A35AE #AE9735 #4DAE35

monochromatic

#291850 #42277F #5A35AE #7955CB #9E84DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#5A35AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5A35AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A35AE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A35AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A35AE	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F546D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a35ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 53, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.181 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906fc7',
    500: '#5a35ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a35ae;
$custom-light: #906fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a35ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.347,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44656,
    "c": 0.18116,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A35AE

secondary

#ADC37C

accent

#DD4BB0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A35AE

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

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