#5A378E#5A378E

#5A378E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.139 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A378E
RGB	rgb(90, 55, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(264, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 61.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, 34.97, -42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 55.25, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.0671 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.139 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4639, 6.8589, 26.3586)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 9.09

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A378E #6B8E37

analogous

#373F8E #5A378E #85378E

triadic

#5A378E #8E5A37 #378E5A

tetradic

#5A378E #8E373F #6B8E37 #378E85

square

#5A378E #8E373F #6B8E37 #378E85

split-complementary

#5A378E #8E8537 #3F8E37

monochromatic

#221536 #3E2662 #5A378E #7649B9 #9776CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#5A378E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5A378E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A378E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A378E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A378E	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#014A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E495D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a378e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 55, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.139 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6fb0',
    500: '#5a378e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a378e;
$custom-light: #8c6fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a378e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.138,
    "s": 44.162,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42424,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A378E

secondary

#97B36E

accent

#D454A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A378E

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

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