#5B298E#5B298E

#5B298E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.159 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B298E
RGB	rgb(91, 41, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 71.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, 42.82, -47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 63.66, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.52% 0.0852 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(40.52% 0.159 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9887, 5.7630, 26.1721)
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

#5B298E #5C8E29

analogous

#29298E #5B298E #8D298E

triadic

#5B298E #8E5B29 #298E5B

tetradic

#5B298E #8E2929 #5C8E29 #298E8D

square

#5B298E #8E2929 #5C8E29 #298E8D

split-complementary

#5B298E #8E8D29 #298E29

monochromatic

#1E0E2F #3D1B5F #5B298E #7937BD #9860D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#5B298E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5B298E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B298E

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B298E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B298E	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)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b298e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 41, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.159 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e67b0',
    500: '#5b298e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b298e;
$custom-light: #8e67b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b298e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.703,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40519,
    "c": 0.15885,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B298E

secondary

#8AB75C

accent

#DF4995

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B298E

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

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