#5A3799#5A3799

#5A3799 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.153 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A3799
RGB	rgb(90, 55, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(261, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 64.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, 38.02, -48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 61.42, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.0664 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.153 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3309, 7.2057, 30.9247)
Luminance	0.0721 (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

#5A3799 #769937

analogous

#374599 #5A3799 #8B3799

triadic

#5A3799 #995A37 #37995A

tetradic

#5A3799 #993745 #769937 #37998B

square

#5A3799 #993745 #769937 #37998B

split-complementary

#5A3799 #998B37 #459937

monochromatic

#25173F #40276C #5A3799 #764EBF #997BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#5A3799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5A3799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A3799

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A3799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A3799	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a3799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 55, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.153 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d70b8',
    500: '#5a3799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a3799;
$custom-light: #8d70b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a3799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43247,
    "c": 0.15271,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A3799

secondary

#A0B973

accent

#D751A7

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A3799

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

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