#5F1591#5F1591

#5F1591 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.184 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F1591
RGB	rgb(95, 21, 145)
HSL	hsl(276, 75%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 86%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 85.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.77, 52.44, -52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.77, 74.02, 315.11°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% 0.1082 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.184 306)
XYZ	xyz(10.0972, 5.0137, 27.2184)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F1591 #479115

analogous

#211591 #5F1591 #911585

triadic

#5F1591 #915F15 #15915F

tetradic

#5F1591 #912115 #479115 #158591

square

#5F1591 #912115 #479115 #158591

split-complementary

#5F1591 #859115 #159121

monochromatic

#190626 #3C0D5C #5F1591 #821DC6 #A03DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#5F1591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5F1591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F1591

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F1591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F1591	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f1591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 21, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.184 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#925eb2',
    500: '#5f1591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f1591;
$custom-light: #925eb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f1591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.806,
    "s": 74.699,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39289,
    "c": 0.18405,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.05014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F1591

secondary

#74C33F

accent

#F13682

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F1591

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

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