#5A3C8F#5A3C8F

#5A3C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.132 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A3C8F
RGB	rgb(90, 60, 143)
HSL	hsl(262, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(262, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 58%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.68, 32.29, -41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.68, 52.56, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% 0.0606 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.132 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7890, 7.3884, 26.8390)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A3C8F #718F3C

analogous

#3C478F #5A3C8F #843C8F

triadic

#5A3C8F #8F5A3C #3C8F5A

tetradic

#5A3C8F #8F3C47 #718F3C #3C8F84

square

#5A3C8F #8F3C47 #718F3C #3C8F84

split-complementary

#5A3C8F #8F843C #478F3C

monochromatic

#241839 #3F2A64 #5A3C8F #7652B6 #987DC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#5A3C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#5A3C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A3C8F

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A3C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A3C8F	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a3c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 60, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.132 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c73b0',
    500: '#5a3c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a3c8f;
$custom-light: #8c73b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a3c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.687,
    "s": 40.887,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43319,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A3C8F

secondary

#9CB275

accent

#D157A5

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF5

border

#CBC8CF

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A3C8F

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

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