#5F179F#5F179F

#5F179F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.196 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F179F
RGB	rgb(95, 23, 159)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 85.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.24, 55.02, -58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.24, 80.25, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.1022 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.196 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2822, 5.5488, 33.2708)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5F179F #579F17

analogous

#1B179F #5F179F #9F179B

triadic

#5F179F #9F5F17 #179F5F

tetradic

#5F179F #9F1B17 #579F17 #179B9F

square

#5F179F #9F1B17 #579F17 #179B9F

split-complementary

#5F179F #9B9F17 #179F1B

monochromatic

#1F0834 #3F0F6A #5F179F #7F1FD4 #9D4BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#5F179F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5F179F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F179F

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F179F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F179F	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f179f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 23, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.196 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9360bc',
    500: '#5f179f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f179f;
$custom-light: #9360bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f179f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40691,
    "c": 0.19583,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F179F

secondary

#85C74B

accent

#F1368E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F179F

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

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