#5B299A#5B299A

#5B299A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.172 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B299A
RGB	rgb(91, 41, 154)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 73.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.77, 45.92, -52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.77, 70.06, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.51% 0.083 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(41.51% 0.172 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9386, 6.1430, 31.1750)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B299A #689A29

analogous

#292F9A #5B299A #93299A

triadic

#5B299A #9A5B29 #299A5B

tetradic

#5B299A #9A292F #689A29 #299A93

square

#5B299A #9A292F #689A29 #299A93

split-complementary

#5B299A #9A9329 #2F9A29

monochromatic

#220F39 #3E1C6A #5B299A #7837CA #9867D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#5B299A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5B299A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B299A

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B299A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B299A	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)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b299a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 41, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.172 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f67b9',
    500: '#5b299a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b299a;
$custom-light: #8f67b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b299a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.549,
    "s": 57.949,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41506,
    "c": 0.1724,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B299A

secondary

#95BD62

accent

#E1479D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B299A

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

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