#5B299F#5B299F

#5B299F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.178 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B299F
RGB	rgb(91, 41, 159)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.19, 47.23, -55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.19, 72.70, 310.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.0819 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.178 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3637, 6.3130, 33.4140)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.46

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B299F #6D9F29

analogous

#29329F #5B299F #96299F

triadic

#5B299F #9F5B29 #299F5B

tetradic

#5B299F #9F2932 #6D9F29 #299F96

square

#5B299F #9F2932 #6D9F29 #299F96

split-complementary

#5B299F #9F9629 #329F29

monochromatic

#23103E #3F1C6E #5B299F #7739CC #996AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#5B299F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#5B299F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B299F

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B299F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B299F	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b299f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 41, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.178 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9068bc',
    500: '#5b299f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b299f;
$custom-light: #9068bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b299f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.424,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41932,
    "c": 0.17801,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B299F

secondary

#99BF65

accent

#E246A0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B299F

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

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