#5A189A · Indigo

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#5A189A is a medium, moderately saturated purple color, closest to Indigo and near Indigo and Grape. In OKLCH it has 40% lightness and 0.19 chroma at hue 300°. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #5A189A a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 4 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#5A189A
RGBrgb(90, 24, 154)
HSLhsl(270, 73%, 35%)
CMYK42, 84, 0, 40
CSS var--indigo
Contrast10.33:1 white · 2.03:1 black

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How to use #5A189A

White text passes WCAG AA on #5A189A (10.33:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #5A189A with its analogous neighbors #18189A and #9A189A; for contrast use its complement #599A18 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--indigo: #5A189A;

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