#5F176C#5F176C

#5F176C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.148 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F176C
RGB	rgb(95, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(291, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(291, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.09, 43.84, -33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.09, 54.98, 322.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% 0.1147 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.148 321)
XYZ	xyz(7.7322, 4.1288, 14.5741)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F176C #246C17

analogous

#35176C #5F176C #6C174E

triadic

#5F176C #6C5F17 #176C5F

tetradic

#5F176C #6C3517 #246C17 #174E6C

square

#5F176C #6C3517 #246C17 #174E6C

split-complementary

#5F176C #4E6C17 #176C35

monochromatic

#160519 #330C3A #5F176C #8B229E #B82CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#5F176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5F176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F176C

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F176C	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#602840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.148 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905d96',
    500: '#5f176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f176c;
$custom-light: #905d96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.824,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36496,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.04128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F176C

secondary

#4CA23D

accent

#E8405A

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F176C

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

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