#5B308A#5B308A

#5B308A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.144 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B308A
RGB	rgb(91, 48, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 65%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 65.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 38.10, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 57.41, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% 0.0775 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.144 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9577, 6.1730, 24.7067)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B308A #5F8A30

analogous

#30328A #5B308A #88308A

triadic

#5B308A #8A5B30 #308A5B

tetradic

#5B308A #8A3032 #5F8A30 #308A88

square

#5B308A #8A3032 #5F8A30 #308A88

split-complementary

#5B308A #8A8830 #328A30

monochromatic

#1F102F #3D205D #5B308A #7940B7 #9869CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#5B308A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5B308A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B308A

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B308A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B308A	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#124688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b308a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 48, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.144 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6bad',
    500: '#5b308a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b308a;
$custom-light: #8d6bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b308a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.667,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41171,
    "c": 0.14443,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B308A

secondary

#8DB264

accent

#D85097

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B308A

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

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