#5400A2

sRGB: 84 / 0 / 162

Velvet petals shimmer beneath moonlight
Silent memories fade beyond remembrance
Brilliant stars disappear into mist

#5400A2 belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 84 red, 0 green and 162 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 271.1° lands in the violet region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 31.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.06:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 84, 0, 162
HSL: 271.11°, 100.00%, 31.76%
HSV / HSB: 271.11°, 100.00%, 63.53%
CMYK (approx.): 48.15%, 100.00%, 0.00%, 36.47%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 10.177, 4.494, 34.515
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 25.240, 59.669, -65.254
WCAG relative luminance: 0.04493
24-bit decimal: 5505186

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #5400A2 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 1.90:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 11.06:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#4EA200 sits half a turn (180°) from #5400A2 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#5400A2 #4EA200

Analogous

#0300A2 and #A2009F sit 30° to either side of #5400A2. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#0300A2 #5400A2 #A2009F

Triadic

#5400A2, #A25400 and #00A254 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#5400A2 #A25400 #00A254

Split complementary

Start at #5400A2 and look across the wheel. #9FA200 and #00A203 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#5400A2 #9FA200 #00A203

Square

Starting with #5400A2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A20300, #4EA200, then #009FA2. Across the square, #5400A2 pairs with #4EA200, and #A20300 with #009FA2.

#5400A2 #A20300 #4EA200 #009FA2

Tetradic

#5400A2 and #4EA200 are opposites, as are #A2004E and #00A254. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#5400A2 #A2004E #4EA200 #00A254

Tints

Mixing #5400A2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7633B5, keeps 80% of the original. By #DDCCEC, the mixture is 80% white.

#5400A2 #7633B5 #9866C7 #BB99DA #DDCCEC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #5400A2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #430082, keeps 80% of the original. By #110020, the mixture is 80% black.

#5400A2 #430082 #320061 #220041 #110020 #000000

Tones

Mixing #5400A2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5D1A9B, keeps 80% of the original. By #776687, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#5400A2 #5D1A9B #663394 #6E4D8E #776687 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#5400A2

RGB

rgb(84 0 162)

HSL

hsl(271.111 100.000% 31.765%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #5400A2;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#5400A2 uses 84 red, 0 green and 162 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 32.9%

Green 0.0%

Blue 63.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #5400A2 is 48.1% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 36.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 48.1%

Magenta 100.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 36.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #5500AA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #50A in CSS. For a modern design, keep #5400A2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #660099, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #5500AA Nearest web-safe: #660099

Gradient to complement

#5400A2 #531B87 #52366C #515151 #506C36 #4F871B #4EA200

Color vision previews

Compare how #5400A2 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#003DA6

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#003A9F

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#3D3D5D

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0031A4

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0030A1

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#4D238E

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#3C3C3C

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#49297C

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.08866 G 0.00000 B 0.36131

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.29935 G 0.03802 B 0.61012

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.07292 G 0.00294 B 0.33049

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.207 y 0.091 Y 4.494

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 67.059 M % 100.000 Y % 36.471

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01010100 00000000 10100010