#5A288E#5A288E

#5A288E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.160 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A288E
RGB	rgb(90, 40, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, 43.11, -47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 64.23, 312.16°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.0848 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.16 302)
XYZ	xyz(9.8566, 5.6442, 26.1561)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A288E #5C8E28

analogous

#28298E #5A288E #8D288E

triadic

#5A288E #8E5A28 #288E5A

tetradic

#5A288E #8E2829 #5C8E28 #288E8D

square

#5A288E #8E2829 #5C8E28 #288E8D

split-complementary

#5A288E #8E8D28 #298E28

monochromatic

#1D0D2F #3C1B5E #5A288E #7835BE #975FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#5A288E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5A288E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A288E

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A288E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A288E	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a288e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 40, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.160 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d66b0',
    500: '#5a288e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a288e;
$custom-light: #8d66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a288e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.412,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4027,
    "c": 0.15994,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.05644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A288E

secondary

#8AB75B

accent

#DF4895

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A288E

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

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