#5F189F#5F189F

#5F189F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.195 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F189F
RGB	rgb(95, 24, 159)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 84.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.35, 54.70, -58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.35, 79.91, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.1015 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.195 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3024, 5.5893, 33.2775)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F189F #589F18

analogous

#1C189F #5F189F #9F189B

triadic

#5F189F #9F5F18 #189F5F

tetradic

#5F189F #9F1C18 #589F18 #189B9F

square

#5F189F #9F1C18 #589F18 #189B9F

split-complementary

#5F189F #9B9F18 #189F1C

monochromatic

#1F0835 #3F106A #5F189F #7F20D4 #9D4DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#5F189F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5F189F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F189F

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F189F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F189F	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)

#0042A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f189f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 24, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.195 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9360bc',
    500: '#5f189f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f189f;
$custom-light: #9360bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f189f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.556,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40765,
    "c": 0.19506,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F189F

secondary

#86C64D

accent

#F0378F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F189F

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

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