#5A288B#5A288B

#5A288B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.157 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A288B
RGB	rgb(90, 40, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 71.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.26, 42.35, -46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.26, 62.62, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.03% 0.0853 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(40.03% 0.157 303)
XYZ	xyz(9.6344, 5.5553, 24.9858)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A288B #598B28

analogous

#29288B #5A288B #8B288A

triadic

#5A288B #8B5A28 #288B5A

tetradic

#5A288B #8B2928 #598B28 #288A8B

square

#5A288B #8B2928 #598B28 #288A8B

split-complementary

#5A288B #8A8B28 #288B29

monochromatic

#1C0D2C #3B1A5B #5A288B #7936BB #975DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#5A288B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5A288B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A288B

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A288B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A288B	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a288b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 40, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.157 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d66ae',
    500: '#5a288b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a288b;
$custom-light: #8d66ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a288b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.303,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40028,
    "c": 0.15653,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.05555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A288B

secondary

#87B659

accent

#DF4993

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A288B

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

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