#5F2196#5F2196

#5F2196 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.178 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2196
RGB	rgb(95, 33, 150)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 78%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 49.25, -52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 71.75, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0973 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.178 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7669, 5.7226, 29.3856)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.01

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2196 #589621

analogous

#252196 #5F2196 #962192

triadic

#5F2196 #965F21 #21965F

tetradic

#5F2196 #962521 #589621 #219296

square

#5F2196 #962521 #589621 #219296

split-complementary

#5F2196 #929621 #219625

monochromatic

#1F0B32 #3F1664 #5F2196 #7F2CC8 #9D57DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#5F2196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5F2196 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2196

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2196	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 33, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.178 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9264b6',
    500: '#5f2196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2196;
$custom-light: #9264b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.795,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40765,
    "c": 0.1778,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2196

secondary

#86BE55

accent

#E7418F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2196

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

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