#5A4E8A#5A4E8A

#5A4E8A is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.096 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4E8A
RGB	rgb(90, 78, 138)
HSL	hsl(252, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 43.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.85, 19.69, -31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.85, 37.38, 301.79°)
OKLab	oklab(46.34% 0.0349 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(46.34% 0.096 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5271, 9.4572, 25.2579)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4E8A #7E8A4E

analogous

#4E608A #5A4E8A #784E8A

triadic

#5A4E8A #8A5A4E #4E8A5A

tetradic

#5A4E8A #8A4E60 #7E8A4E #4E8A78

square

#5A4E8A #8A4E60 #7E8A4E #4E8A78

split-complementary

#5A4E8A #8A784E #608A4E

monochromatic

#27223C #413863 #5A4E8A #776AAB #9B91C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#5A4E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5A4E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4E8A

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4E8A	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B588C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 78, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.096 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7fac',
    500: '#5a4e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4e8a;
$custom-light: #8b7fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46342,
    "c": 0.0958,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4E8A

secondary

#A6AE86

accent

#C464B1

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A10

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4E8A

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

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