#5E288E#5E288E

#5E288E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.161 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E288E
RGB	rgb(94, 40, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 71.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 43.94, -46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 64.13, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0906 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.161 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2563, 5.8503, 26.1748)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E288E #588E28

analogous

#2B288E #5E288E #8E288B

triadic

#5E288E #8E5E28 #288E5E

tetradic

#5E288E #8E2B28 #588E28 #288B8E

square

#5E288E #8E2B28 #588E28 #288B8E

split-complementary

#5E288E #8B8E28 #288E2B

monochromatic

#1F0D2F #3E1B5E #5E288E #7E35BE #9C5FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#5E288E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5E288E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E288E

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E288E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E288E	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e288e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 40, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.161 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9067b0',
    500: '#5e288e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e288e;
$custom-light: #9067b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e288e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40767,
    "c": 0.1608,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E288E

secondary

#86B75B

accent

#DF488F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E288E

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

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