#5F17A0#5F17A0

#5F17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.197 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F17A0
RGB	rgb(95, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.34, 55.25, -58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.34, 80.75, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.1018 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.197 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3693, 5.5837, 33.7297)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F17A0 #58A017

analogous

#1B17A0 #5F17A0 #A0179C

triadic

#5F17A0 #A05F17 #17A05F

tetradic

#5F17A0 #A01B17 #58A017 #179CA0

square

#5F17A0 #A01B17 #58A017 #179CA0

split-complementary

#5F17A0 #9CA017 #17A01B

monochromatic

#1F0835 #3F0F6A #5F17A0 #7F1FD6 #9D4CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#5F17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5F17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F17A0

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F17A0	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.197 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9360bd',
    500: '#5f17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f17a0;
$custom-light: #9360bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.533,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40783,
    "c": 0.19678,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F17A0

secondary

#86C74C

accent

#F1368F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F17A0

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

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