#5F1589#5F1589

#5F1589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.177 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F1589
RGB	rgb(95, 21, 137)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 84.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 50.65, -48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 70.05, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.1106 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.177 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5019, 4.7755, 24.0833)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F1589 #3F8915

analogous

#251589 #5F1589 #891579

triadic

#5F1589 #895F15 #15895F

tetradic

#5F1589 #892515 #3F8915 #157989

square

#5F1589 #892515 #3F8915 #157989

split-complementary

#5F1589 #798915 #158925

monochromatic

#15051F #3A0D54 #5F1589 #841DBE #A338E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#5F1589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5F1589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F1589

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F1589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F1589	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f1589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 21, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.177 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915eac',
    500: '#5f1589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f1589;
$custom-light: #915eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f1589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.276,
    "s": 73.418,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38598,
    "c": 0.17654,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F1589

secondary

#6BBD3D

accent

#F0387A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F1589

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

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