#5A4591#5A4591

#5A4591 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.121 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4591
RGB	rgb(90, 69, 145)
HSL	hsl(257, 36%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 52%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 52.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.95, 27.35, -39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.95, 47.68, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(45.05% 0.0486 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(45.05% 0.121 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4541, 8.4740, 27.8147)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4591 #7C9145

analogous

#455691 #5A4591 #804591

triadic

#5A4591 #915A45 #45915A

tetradic

#5A4591 #914556 #7C9145 #459180

square

#5A4591 #914556 #7C9145 #459180

split-complementary

#5A4591 #918045 #569145

monochromatic

#271E3E #403168 #5A4591 #7760B3 #9A89C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#5A4591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#5A4591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4591

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4591	1.00	7.79	2.69	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B518F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 69, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.121 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c79b2',
    500: '#5a4591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4591;
$custom-light: #8c79b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.579,
    "s": 35.514,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45046,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4591

secondary

#A4B280

accent

#CC5CAD

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0911

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4591

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

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