#5B299D#5B299D

#5B299D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.176 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B299D
RGB	rgb(91, 41, 157)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 73.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, 46.70, -54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 71.64, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(41.76% 0.0823 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(41.76% 0.176 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1916, 6.2442, 32.5074)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B299D #6B9D29

analogous

#29319D #5B299D #95299D

triadic

#5B299D #9D5B29 #299D5B

tetradic

#5B299D #9D2931 #6B9D29 #299D95

square

#5B299D #9D2931 #6B9D29 #299D95

split-complementary

#5B299D #9D9529 #319D29

monochromatic

#23103C #3F1C6C #5B299D #7738CB #9969D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#5B299D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5B299D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B299D

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B299D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B299D	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b299d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 41, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.176 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9068bb',
    500: '#5b299d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b299d;
$custom-light: #9068bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b299d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.862,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41761,
    "c": 0.17576,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B299D

secondary

#97BE64

accent

#E2469F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B299D

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

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