#5A366D#5A366D

#5A366D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.098 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A366D
RGB	rgb(90, 54, 109)
HSL	hsl(279, 34%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(279, 50%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 50.5%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.20, 26.96, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.20, 37.28, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.08% 0.0666 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(40.08% 0.098 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2955, 5.9163, 15.1700)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A366D #496D36

analogous

#3F366D #5A366D #6D3665

triadic

#5A366D #6D5A36 #366D5A

tetradic

#5A366D #6D3F36 #496D36 #36656D

square

#5A366D #6D3F36 #496D36 #36656D

split-complementary

#5A366D #656D36 #366D3F

monochromatic

#160D1B #382244 #5A366D #7C4A96 #9A69B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#5A366D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5A366D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A366D

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A366D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A366D	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A436F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34466C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a366d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 54, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.098 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6e97',
    500: '#5a366d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a366d;
$custom-light: #8a6e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a366d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.273,
    "s": 33.742,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40078,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A366D

secondary

#769D61

accent

#CA5E83

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0ECF2

border

#CBC7CC

text

#0C070D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A366D

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

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