#5F159E#5F159E

#5F159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.196 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F159E
RGB	rgb(95, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(272, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.95, 55.39, -58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.95, 80.42, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.1037 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.196 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1575, 5.4378, 32.8029)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F159E #549E15

analogous

#1B159E #5F159E #9E1598

triadic

#5F159E #9E5F15 #159E5F

tetradic

#5F159E #9E1B15 #549E15 #15989E

square

#5F159E #9E1B15 #549E15 #15989E

split-complementary

#5F159E #989E15 #159E1B

monochromatic

#1E0732 #3F0E68 #5F159E #7F1CD4 #9D47E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#5F159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5F159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F159E

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F159E	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513E5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.196 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#935fbc',
    500: '#5f159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f159e;
$custom-light: #935fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.409,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40458,
    "c": 0.19633,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F159E

secondary

#82C747

accent

#F3358C

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F159E

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

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