#5B299E#5B299E

#5B299E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.177 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B299E
RGB	rgb(91, 41, 158)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 74.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.10, 46.97, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.10, 72.17, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.0821 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.177 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2773, 6.2784, 32.9588)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B299E #6C9E29

analogous

#29329E #5B299E #96299E

triadic

#5B299E #9E5B29 #299E5B

tetradic

#5B299E #9E2932 #6C9E29 #299E96

square

#5B299E #9E2932 #6C9E29 #299E96

split-complementary

#5B299E #9E9629 #329E29

monochromatic

#23103D #3F1C6D #5B299E #7739CC #9969D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#5B299E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#5B299E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B299E

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B299E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B299E	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b299e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 41, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.177 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9068bc',
    500: '#5b299e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b299e;
$custom-light: #9068bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b299e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.641,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41846,
    "c": 0.17689,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B299E

secondary

#98BF64

accent

#E2469F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B299E

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

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