#5F17A1#5F17A1

#5F17A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.198 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F17A1
RGB	rgb(95, 23, 161)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 85.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 55.48, -59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 81.24, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.1015 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.198 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4571, 5.6188, 34.1922)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F17A1 #59A117

analogous

#1A17A1 #5F17A1 #A1179E

triadic

#5F17A1 #A15F17 #17A15F

tetradic

#5F17A1 #A11A17 #59A117 #179EA1

square

#5F17A1 #A11A17 #59A117 #179EA1

split-complementary

#5F17A1 #9EA117 #17A11A

monochromatic

#200836 #3F0F6B #5F17A1 #7F1FD7 #9D4DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#5F17A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5F17A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F17A1

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F17A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F17A1	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f17a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 23, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.198 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9460be',
    500: '#5f17a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f17a1;
$custom-light: #9460be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f17a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40875,
    "c": 0.19775,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F17A1

secondary

#87C74C

accent

#F23690

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F17A1

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

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