#5A4BB5 · Iris

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#5A4BB5 is a medium, muted purple color, closest to Iris and near Iris and Slate Blue. In OKLCH it has 49% lightness and 0.16 chroma at hue 285°. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #5A4BB5 a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#5A4BB5
RGBrgb(90, 75, 181)
HSLhsl(248, 42%, 50%)
CMYK50, 59, 0, 29
CSS var--iris
Contrast6.76:1 white · 3.11:1 black

Similar named colors

Iris #5A4FCFSlate Blue #6A5ACDGrape #6F2DA8Sapphire #0F52BADenim #1560BD

How to use #5A4BB5

White text passes WCAG AA on #5A4BB5 (6.76:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #5A4BB5 with its analogous neighbors #4A71B5 and #8E4AB5; for contrast use its complement #A7B54A as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--iris: #5A4BB5;

Shades & tints

#120F24#241E48#362D6D#483C91#5A4BB5#7B6FC4#9C93D3#BDB7E1#DEDBF0

Color harmonies for #5A4BB5

Complementary

#5A4BB5#A7B54A

Analogous

#5A4BB5#4A71B5#8E4AB5

Triadic

#5A4BB5#B5584A#4AB558

Split complementary

#5A4BB5#B58E4A#71B54A

Tetradic

#5A4BB5#B54A71#A7B54A#4AB58E

Palettes with #5A4BB5