#5A288D#5A288D

#5A288D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.159 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A288D
RGB	rgb(90, 40, 141)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 71.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.42, 42.86, -47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.42, 63.69, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% 0.085 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.159 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7818, 5.6143, 25.7625)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A288D #5B8D28

analogous

#28288D #5A288D #8C288D

triadic

#5A288D #8D5A28 #288D5A

tetradic

#5A288D #8D2828 #5B8D28 #288D8C

square

#5A288D #8D2828 #5B8D28 #288D8C

split-complementary

#5A288D #8D8C28 #288D28

monochromatic

#1D0D2E #3C1A5D #5A288D #7836BD #975ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#5A288D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5A288D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A288D

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A288D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A288D	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a288d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 40, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.159 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d66af',
    500: '#5a288d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a288d;
$custom-light: #8d66af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a288d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.703,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40189,
    "c": 0.1588,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A288D

secondary

#89B75A

accent

#DF4995

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A288D

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

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