HEX atlas value

#5A4C8D

#5A4C8D is a cool blue HEX color nearest Iolite. RGB 90, 76, 141, HSL 253° 30% 43%, luminance 0.0927; view contrast and conversions.

blue cool balanced

#5A4C8D Sample readable text

HEX #5A4C8D

RGB rgb(90, 76, 141)

HSL hsl(253 30% 43%)

CMYK cmyk(36, 46, 0, 45)

Luminance 0.0927

Contrast Black 2.85:1White 7.36:1

CSS

--color-5a4c8d: #5A4C8D;
.background-5a4c8d { background-color: #5A4C8D; }
.text-5a4c8d { color: #5A4C8D; }

HEX meaning and use

About #5A4C8D

#5A4C8D is classified as a cool blue value with balanced visual character. #5A4C8D is visually closest to Iolite, a named blue color with HEX #5A4C8D.

The RGB channels are 90, 76, and 141, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 253deg with 30% saturation and 43% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and calm digital interfaces. Its luminance is 0.0927, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text2.85:1AA Fail

White text7.36:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #5A4C8D needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.85:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF7.36:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#352D53#352D53 · #FFFFFF text · best 12.71:1 Dark Slate Blue#483D8B · #FFFFFF text · best 9.07:1 #4D35A7#4D35A7 · #FFFFFF text · best 8.82:1 Rebecca Purple#663399 · #FFFFFF text · best 8.41:1 Amethyst Deep#5D3A9B · #FFFFFF text · best 8.25:1

Generated Palette

Iolite#5A4C8D

#808F4D#808F4D

#4D5F8F#4D5F8F

#7C4D8F#7C4D8F

#8B7EB9#8B7EB9

#352D53#352D53

Color Harmonies

#808F4D#808F4D

#4D5F8F#4D5F8F

#7C4D8F#7C4D8F

#8F5B4D#8F5B4D

#4D8F5B#4D8F5B

Variants

#8B7EB9#8B7EB9

#352D53#352D53

#4D35A7#4D35A7

#696576#696576

#A6A1BA#A6A1BA

#3B05FF#3B05FF

Nearest Named Colors

Iolite#5A4C8D

Amethyst Deep#5D3A9B

Dark Slate Blue#483D8B

Rebecca Purple#663399

Tanzanite#4D5DAB

Luminance0.0927

Black text2.85:1AA Fail

White text7.36:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#5A4C8D","rgb":[90,76,141],"hsl":[253,30,43],"cmyk":[36,46,0,45],"luminance":0.0927,"contrast":{"black":2.85,"white":7.36}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.85,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":7.36,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#352D53","hex":"#352D53","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.65,"contrastWhite":12.71,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Dark Slate Blue","hex":"#483D8B","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.32,"contrastWhite":9.07,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#4D35A7","hex":"#4D35A7","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.38,"contrastWhite":8.82,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Rebecca Purple","hex":"#663399","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.5,"contrastWhite":8.41,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Amethyst Deep","hex":"#5D3A9B","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.54,"contrastWhite":8.25,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool blue","balanced","balanced blue","Iolite adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","calm digital interfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/5a4c8d.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/iolite.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/amethyst-deep.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-slate-blue.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#808F4D","analogous":["#4D5F8F","#7C4D8F"],"triadic":["#8F5B4D","#4D8F5B"],"tetradic":["#8F4D5F","#808F4D","#4D8F7C"],"splitComplementary":["#8F7C4D","#5F8F4D"],"monochromatic":["#8B7EB9","#5A4C8D","#352D53"]}

Variants

{"light":"#8B7EB9","dark":"#352D53","saturated":"#4D35A7","desaturated":"#696576","pastel":"#A6A1BA","neon":"#3B05FF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"iolite","name":"Iolite","hex":"#5A4C8D","distance":0},{"slug":"amethyst-deep","name":"Amethyst Deep","hex":"#5D3A9B","distance":23},{"slug":"dark-slate-blue","name":"Dark Slate Blue","hex":"#483D8B","distance":23.515952032609693},{"slug":"rebecca-purple","name":"Rebecca Purple","hex":"#663399","distance":30.215889859476256},{"slug":"tanzanite","name":"Tanzanite","hex":"#4D5DAB","distance":36.851051545376556}]

#5A4C8D

CSS

About #5A4C8D

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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