#5E288A#5E288A

#5E288A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.156 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E288A
RGB	rgb(94, 40, 138)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 71%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.73, 42.95, -44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.73, 62.01, 313.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0912 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.156 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9613, 5.7323, 24.6215)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E288A #548A28

analogous

#2D288A #5E288A #8A2885

triadic

#5E288A #8A5E28 #288A5E

tetradic

#5E288A #8A2D28 #548A28 #28858A

square

#5E288A #8A2D28 #548A28 #28858A

split-complementary

#5E288A #858A28 #288A2D

monochromatic

#1D0C2B #3E1A5B #5E288A #7E36B9 #9C5DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#5E288A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5E288A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E288A

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E288A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E288A	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#054488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e288a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 40, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.156 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9066ad',
    500: '#5e288a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e288a;
$custom-light: #9066ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e288a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.061,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40454,
    "c": 0.15637,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E288A

secondary

#82B559

accent

#DE498C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E288A

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

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