#5A398E#5A398E

#5A398E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.136 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A398E
RGB	rgb(90, 57, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(263, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 59.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.93, 33.79, -42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.93, 53.96, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.0645 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.136 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5608, 7.0528, 26.3909)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A398E #6D8E39

analogous

#39438E #5A398E #85398E

triadic

#5A398E #8E5A39 #398E5A

tetradic

#5A398E #8E3943 #6D8E39 #398E85

square

#5A398E #8E3943 #6D8E39 #398E85

split-complementary

#5A398E #8E8539 #438E39

monochromatic

#231637 #3E2762 #5A398E #764DB7 #9878C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#5A398E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5A398E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A398E

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A398E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A398E	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B4B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a398e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 57, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.136 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71b0',
    500: '#5a398e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a398e;
$custom-light: #8c71b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a398e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.294,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42748,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A398E

secondary

#99B271

accent

#D255A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A398E

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

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