#5B298D#5B298D

#5B298D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.158 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B298D
RGB	rgb(91, 41, 141)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 70.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.73, 42.57, -46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.73, 63.12, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.0854 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.158 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9139, 5.7331, 25.7784)
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

#5B298D #5B8D29

analogous

#29298D #5B298D #8D298D

triadic

#5B298D #8D5B29 #298D5B

tetradic

#5B298D #8D2929 #5B8D29 #298D8D

square

#5B298D #8D2929 #5B8D29 #298D8D

split-complementary

#5B298D #8D8D29 #298D29

monochromatic

#1E0D2E #3C1B5E #5B298D #7A37BC #9860D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#5B298D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5B298D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B298D

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B298D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B298D	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)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b298d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 41, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.158 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e67af',
    500: '#5b298d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b298d;
$custom-light: #8e67af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b298d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4044,
    "c": 0.15771,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B298D

secondary

#89B65B

accent

#DE4A94

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B298D

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

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