#5F2197#5F2197

#5F2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.179 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2197
RGB	rgb(95, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.79, 49.49, -52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.79, 72.26, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.85% 0.0971 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(40.85% 0.179 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8478, 5.7550, 29.8115)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2197 #599721

analogous

#242197 #5F2197 #972194

triadic

#5F2197 #975F21 #21975F

tetradic

#5F2197 #972421 #599721 #219497

square

#5F2197 #972421 #599721 #219497

split-complementary

#5F2197 #949721 #219724

monochromatic

#200B33 #3F1665 #5F2197 #7F2CC9 #9D58DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#5F2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5F2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2197

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2197	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.179 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9264b6',
    500: '#5f2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2197;
$custom-light: #9264b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.525,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4085,
    "c": 0.17884,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2197

secondary

#87BE55

accent

#E74190

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2197

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

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