#5A368D#5A368D

#5A368D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.139 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A368D
RGB	rgb(90, 54, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(265, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 61.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.20, 35.27, -42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.20, 55.33, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.0684 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.139 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3422, 6.7350, 25.9492)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 9.29

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A368D #698D36

analogous

#363D8D #5A368D #85368D

triadic

#5A368D #8D5A36 #368D5A

tetradic

#5A368D #8D363D #698D36 #368D85

square

#5A368D #8D363D #698D36 #368D85

split-complementary

#5A368D #8D8536 #3D8D36

monochromatic

#221434 #3E2561 #5A368D #7647B9 #9774CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#5A368D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5A368D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A368D

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A368D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A368D	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17498B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a368d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 54, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.139 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6faf',
    500: '#5a368d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a368d;
$custom-light: #8c6faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a368d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42192,
    "c": 0.13898,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A368D

secondary

#95B26D

accent

#D4539F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A368D

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

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