#5F236A#5F236A

#5F236A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.130 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F236A
RGB	rgb(95, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(291, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(291, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.79, 38.27, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.79, 48.12, 322.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.1009 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.13 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9216, 4.6760, 14.1182)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.59

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F236A #2E6A23

analogous

#3B236A #5F236A #6A2352

triadic

#5F236A #6A5F23 #236A5F

tetradic

#5F236A #6A3B23 #2E6A23 #23526A

square

#5F236A #6A3B23 #2E6A23 #23526A

split-complementary

#5F236A #526A23 #236A3B

monochromatic

#150817 #36143C #5F236A #883298 #AF46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#5F236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5F236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F236A

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F236A	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11396C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3F68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#602F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.130 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6395',
    500: '#5f236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f236a;
$custom-light: #8f6395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.704,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37671,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F236A

secondary

#589D4B

accent

#DA4E64

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F1EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0D050D

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F236A

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

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