#5B289B#5B289B

#5B289B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.175 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B289B
RGB	rgb(91, 40, 155)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.68, 46.66, -53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.68, 71.11, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% 0.0837 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.175 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9881, 6.1081, 31.6041)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B289B #689B28

analogous

#282E9B #5B289B #94289B

triadic

#5B289B #9B5B28 #289B5B

tetradic

#5B289B #9B282E #689B28 #289B94

square

#5B289B #9B282E #689B28 #289B94

split-complementary

#5B289B #9B9428 #2E9B28

monochromatic

#220F3A #3E1B6A #5B289B #7835CB #9866D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#5B289B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5B289B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B289B

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B289B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B289B	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b289b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 40, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.175 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f67b9',
    500: '#5b289b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b289b;
$custom-light: #8f67b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b289b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.609,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41471,
    "c": 0.1747,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B289B

secondary

#95BD61

accent

#E2469D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B289B

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

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