#5B289C#5B289C

#5B289C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.176 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B289C
RGB	rgb(91, 40, 156)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 74.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.77, 46.92, -54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.77, 71.63, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(41.56% 0.0835 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(41.56% 0.176 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0724, 6.1419, 32.0482)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B289C #699C28

analogous

#282F9C #5B289C #95289C

triadic

#5B289C #9C5B28 #289C5B

tetradic

#5B289C #9C282F #699C28 #289C95

square

#5B289C #9C282F #699C28 #289C95

split-complementary

#5B289C #9C9528 #2F9C28

monochromatic

#220F3B #3F1C6B #5B289C #7836CB #9867D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#5B289C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5B289C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B289C

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B289C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B289C	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b289c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 40, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.176 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9067ba',
    500: '#5b289c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b289c;
$custom-light: #9067ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b289c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.379,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41556,
    "c": 0.17581,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B289C

secondary

#95BE62

accent

#E2459D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B289C

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

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