#5F218B#5F218B

#5F218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.166 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F218B
RGB	rgb(95, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(275, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(275, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.80, 46.62, -46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.80, 66.09, 314.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.85% 0.0999 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(39.85% 0.166 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9224, 5.3848, 24.9377)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F218B #4D8B21

analogous

#2A218B #5F218B #8B2182

triadic

#5F218B #8B5F21 #218B5F

tetradic

#5F218B #8B2A21 #4D8B21 #21828B

square

#5F218B #8B2A21 #4D8B21 #21828B

split-complementary

#5F218B #828B21 #218B2A

monochromatic

#1B0A28 #3D155A #5F218B #812DBC #9E51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#5F218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5F218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F218B

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F218B	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.166 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9163ae',
    500: '#5f218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f218b;
$custom-light: #9163ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.094,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39853,
    "c": 0.16641,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F218B

secondary

#7BB94F

accent

#E54386

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F218B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →