#5F2172#5F2172

#5F2172 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.141 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2172
RGB	rgb(95, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(286, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.97, 40.93, -34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.97, 53.23, 320.25°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% 0.1033 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.141 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3000, 4.7359, 16.3932)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.81

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2172 #347221

analogous

#372172 #5F2172 #72215D

triadic

#5F2172 #725F21 #21725F

tetradic

#5F2172 #723721 #347221 #215D72

square

#5F2172 #723721 #347221 #215D72

split-complementary

#5F2172 #5D7221 #217237

monochromatic

#140718 #371343 #5F2172 #872FA1 #AA44C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#5F2172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5F2172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2172

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2172	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E3047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.141 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f629b',
    500: '#5f2172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2172;
$custom-light: #8f629b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.926,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37966,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2172

secondary

#5FA549

accent

#DE496C

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F1EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2172

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

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