#5B288D#5B288D

#5B288D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.159 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B288D
RGB	rgb(91, 40, 141)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 71.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.55, 43.06, -46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.55, 63.67, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% 0.0864 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.159 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8798, 5.6648, 25.7671)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B288D #5A8D28

analogous

#28288D #5B288D #8D288C

triadic

#5B288D #8D5B28 #288D5B

tetradic

#5B288D #8D2828 #5A8D28 #288C8D

square

#5B288D #8D2828 #5A8D28 #288C8D

split-complementary

#5B288D #8C8D28 #288D28

monochromatic

#1D0D2E #3C1A5D #5B288D #7A36BD #985ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#5B288D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5B288D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B288D

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B288D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B288D	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b288d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 40, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.159 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e66af',
    500: '#5b288d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b288d;
$custom-light: #8e66af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b288d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.297,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40312,
    "c": 0.15901,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B288D

secondary

#88B75A

accent

#DF4993

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B288D

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

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