#5B299B#5B299B

#5B299B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.174 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B299B
RGB	rgb(91, 41, 155)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 73.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.85, 46.18, -53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.85, 70.59, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% 0.0828 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.174 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0222, 6.1764, 31.6154)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B299B #699B29

analogous

#29309B #5B299B #94299B

triadic

#5B299B #9B5B29 #299B5B

tetradic

#5B299B #9B2930 #699B29 #299B94

square

#5B299B #9B2930 #699B29 #299B94

split-complementary

#5B299B #9B9429 #309B29

monochromatic

#220F3A #3F1C6B #5B299B #7837CA #9867D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#5B299B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#5B299B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B299B

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B299B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B299B	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b299b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 41, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.174 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f67b9',
    500: '#5b299b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b299b;
$custom-light: #8f67b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b299b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.316,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41591,
    "c": 0.17353,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B299B

secondary

#95BD63

accent

#E1469D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B299B

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

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