#5B309A#5B309A

#5B309A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.164 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B309A
RGB	rgb(91, 48, 154)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 68.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.05, 42.37, -50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.05, 66.17, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.0757 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.164 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2026, 6.6710, 31.2630)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B309A #6F9A30

analogous

#303A9A #5B309A #90309A

triadic

#5B309A #9A5B30 #309A5B

tetradic

#5B309A #9A303A #6F9A30 #309A90

square

#5B309A #9A303A #6F9A30 #309A90

split-complementary

#5B309A #9A9030 #3A9A30

monochromatic

#24133D #3F216B #5B309A #7743C4 #9972D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#5B309A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5B309A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B309A

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B309A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B309A	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b309a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 48, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.164 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6bb9',
    500: '#5b309a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b309a;
$custom-light: #8f6bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b309a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.34,
    "s": 52.475,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42415,
    "c": 0.16362,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B309A

secondary

#9ABB6B

accent

#DC4CA1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B309A

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

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