#5F158A#5F158A

#5F158A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.177 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F158A
RGB	rgb(95, 21, 138)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 84.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 50.87, -48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 70.55, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% 0.1103 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.177 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5740, 4.8044, 24.4628)
Luminance	0.0480 (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

#5F158A #408A15

analogous

#24158A #5F158A #8A157A

triadic

#5F158A #8A5F15 #158A5F

tetradic

#5F158A #8A2415 #408A15 #157A8A

square

#5F158A #8A2415 #408A15 #157A8A

split-complementary

#5F158A #7A8A15 #158A24

monochromatic

#160520 #3A0D55 #5F158A #841DBF #A339E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#5F158A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5F158A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F158A

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F158A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F158A	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f158a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 21, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.177 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915ead',
    500: '#5f158a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f158a;
$custom-light: #915ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f158a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.949,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38683,
    "c": 0.17748,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F158A

secondary

#6CBE3D

accent

#F0387B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F158A

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

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