#5F2291#5F2291

#5F2291 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.172 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2291
RGB	rgb(95, 34, 145)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 76.6%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.44, 47.62, -49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.44, 68.71, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0976 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.172 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4010, 5.6213, 27.3197)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2291 #549122

analogous

#282291 #5F2291 #91228B

triadic

#5F2291 #915F22 #22915F

tetradic

#5F2291 #912822 #549122 #228B91

square

#5F2291 #912822 #549122 #228B91

split-complementary

#5F2291 #8B9122 #229128

monochromatic

#1E0B2E #3F165F #5F2291 #7F2EC3 #9D56D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#5F2291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5F2291 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2291

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2291	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 34, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.172 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b2',
    500: '#5f2291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2291;
$custom-light: #9164b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.973,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4045,
    "c": 0.17151,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2291

secondary

#82BB53

accent

#E5438C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2291

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

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