#5F179E#5F179E

#5F179E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.195 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F179E
RGB	rgb(95, 23, 158)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 85.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.15, 54.79, -57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.15, 79.76, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.1025 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.195 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1958, 5.5142, 32.8156)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F179E #569E17

analogous

#1B179E #5F179E #9E1799

triadic

#5F179E #9E5F17 #179E5F

tetradic

#5F179E #9E1B17 #569E17 #17999E

square

#5F179E #9E1B17 #569E17 #17999E

split-complementary

#5F179E #999E17 #179E1B

monochromatic

#1F0733 #3F0F69 #5F179E #7F1FD3 #9D4BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#5F179E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5F179E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F179E

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F179E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F179E	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f179e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 23, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.195 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9360bc',
    500: '#5f179e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f179e;
$custom-light: #9360bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f179e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.406,
    "c": 0.19486,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F179E

secondary

#84C64A

accent

#F1378E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F179E

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

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