#5A39B1#5A39B1

#5A39B1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.180 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A39B1
RGB	rgb(90, 57, 177)
HSL	hsl(257, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 67.8%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.55, 43.73, -58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.55, 73.42, 306.56°)
OKLab	oklab(45.47% 0.0615 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(45.47% 0.18 290)
XYZ	xyz(13.6131, 8.2737, 42.4662)
Luminance	0.0827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.29

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A39B1 #90B139

analogous

#3954B1 #5A39B1 #9639B1

triadic

#5A39B1 #B15A39 #39B15A

tetradic

#5A39B1 #B13954 #90B139 #39B196

square

#5A39B1 #B13954 #90B139 #39B196

split-complementary

#5A39B1 #B19639 #54B139

monochromatic

#2B1B54 #422A83 #5A39B1 #7B5DCB #A08BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#5A39B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#5A39B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A39B1

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A39B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A39B1	1.00	7.91	2.65	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D5770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a39b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 57, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.180 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9072c9',
    500: '#5a39b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a39b1;
$custom-light: #9072c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a39b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45474,
    "c": 0.17989,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.08274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A39B1

secondary

#B2C482

accent

#DB4DB4

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF8

border

#CCC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A39B1

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

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