#5E288B#5E288B

#5E288B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.157 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E288B
RGB	rgb(94, 40, 139)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 71.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, 43.20, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 62.54, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% 0.0911 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.157 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0341, 5.7614, 25.0045)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E288B #558B28

analogous

#2C288B #5E288B #8B2887

triadic

#5E288B #8B5E28 #288B5E

tetradic

#5E288B #8B2C28 #558B28 #28878B

square

#5E288B #8B2C28 #558B28 #28878B

split-complementary

#5E288B #878B28 #288B2C

monochromatic

#1E0D2C #3E1A5B #5E288B #7E36BB #9C5DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#5E288B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5E288B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E288B

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E288B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E288B	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e288b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 40, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.157 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9067ae',
    500: '#5e288b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e288b;
$custom-light: #9067ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e288b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40531,
    "c": 0.15748,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E288B

secondary

#83B659

accent

#DF498D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E288B

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

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