#5F189E#5F189E

#5F189E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.194 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F189E
RGB	rgb(95, 24, 158)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 84.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.26, 54.47, -57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.26, 79.42, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% 0.1019 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.194 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2160, 5.5547, 32.8224)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F189E #579E18

analogous

#1C189E #5F189E #9E189A

triadic

#5F189E #9E5F18 #189E5F

tetradic

#5F189E #9E1C18 #579E18 #189A9E

square

#5F189E #9E1C18 #579E18 #189A9E

split-complementary

#5F189E #9A9E18 #189E1C

monochromatic

#1F0834 #3F1069 #5F189E #7F20D3 #9D4DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#5F189E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5F189E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F189E

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F189E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F189E	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)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f189e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 24, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.194 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9360bc',
    500: '#5f189e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f189e;
$custom-light: #9360bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f189e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.791,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40674,
    "c": 0.19409,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F189E

secondary

#85C64C

accent

#F0388E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F189E

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

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