#5A3CA6#5A3CA6

#5A3CA6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.162 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A3CA6
RGB	rgb(90, 60, 166)
HSL	hsl(257, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(257, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 63.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.31, 38.85, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.31, 65.55, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(45.03% 0.0596 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(45.03% 0.162 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7133, 8.1581, 36.9738)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A3CA6 #88A63C

analogous

#3C53A6 #5A3CA6 #8F3CA6

triadic

#5A3CA6 #A65A3C #3CA65A

tetradic

#5A3CA6 #A63C53 #88A63C #3CA68F

square

#5A3CA6 #A63C53 #88A63C #3CA68F

split-complementary

#5A3CA6 #A68F3C #53A63C

monochromatic

#291C4C #422C79 #5A3CA6 #795BC4 #9E88D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#5A3CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#5A3CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A3CA6

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A3CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A3CA6	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a3ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 60, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.162 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f73c1',
    500: '#5a3ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a3ca6;
$custom-light: #8f73c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a3ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.981,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45033,
    "c": 0.16224,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A3CA6

secondary

#ADBE7F

accent

#D751B1

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A3CA6

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

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