#5A3C8A#5A3C8A

#5A3C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.126 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A3C8A
RGB	rgb(90, 60, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 56.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.35, 30.90, -38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.35, 49.70, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.0604 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.126 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4186, 7.2402, 24.8884)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A3C8A #6C8A3C

analogous

#3C458A #5A3C8A #813C8A

triadic

#5A3C8A #8A5A3C #3C8A5A

tetradic

#5A3C8A #8A3C45 #6C8A3C #3C8A81

square

#5A3C8A #8A3C45 #6C8A3C #3C8A81

split-complementary

#5A3C8A #8A813C #458A3C

monochromatic

#221735 #3E295F #5A3C8A #7650B3 #987BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#5A3C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#5A3C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A3C8A

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A3C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A3C8A	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a3c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 60, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.126 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c73ad',
    500: '#5a3c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a3c8a;
$custom-light: #8c73ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a3c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42973,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A3C8A

secondary

#98AF73

accent

#CF59A2

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A3C8A

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

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