#5F2181#5F2181

#5F2181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.156 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2181
RGB	rgb(95, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 74.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.03, 44.29, -41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.03, 60.93, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.07% 0.1017 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(39.07% 0.156 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2249, 5.1058, 21.2642)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2181 #438121

analogous

#2F2181 #5F2181 #812173

triadic

#5F2181 #815F21 #21815F

tetradic

#5F2181 #812F21 #438121 #217381

square

#5F2181 #812F21 #438121 #217381

split-complementary

#5F2181 #738121 #21812F

monochromatic

#170820 #3B1550 #5F2181 #832DB2 #A24BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#5F2181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5F2181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2181

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2181	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10417F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.156 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063a6',
    500: '#5f2181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2181;
$custom-light: #9063a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.75,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39065,
    "c": 0.15606,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2181

secondary

#70B44A

accent

#E2457D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2181

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

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