#5A388E#5A388E

#5A388E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.137 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A388E
RGB	rgb(90, 56, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(264, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 60.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 34.38, -42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 54.61, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% 0.0658 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.137 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5119, 6.9549, 26.3745)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A388E #6C8E38

analogous

#38418E #5A388E #85388E

triadic

#5A388E #8E5A38 #388E5A

tetradic

#5A388E #8E3841 #6C8E38 #388E85

square

#5A388E #8E3841 #6C8E38 #388E85

split-complementary

#5A388E #8E8538 #418E38

monochromatic

#221536 #3E2762 #5A388E #764BB8 #9877C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#5A388E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5A388E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A388E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A388E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A388E	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#064B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a388e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 56, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.137 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70b0',
    500: '#5a388e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a388e;
$custom-light: #8c70b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a388e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.721,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42585,
    "c": 0.1372,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A388E

secondary

#98B26F

accent

#D355A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A388E

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

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