#5F236B#5F236B

#5F236B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.131 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F236B
RGB	rgb(95, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(290, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(290, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.85, 38.48, -29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.85, 48.62, 322.32°)
OKLab	oklab(37.74% 0.101 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(37.74% 0.131 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9739, 4.6969, 14.3936)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F236B #2F6B23

analogous

#3B236B #5F236B #6B2353

triadic

#5F236B #6B5F23 #236B5F

tetradic

#5F236B #6B3B23 #2F6B23 #23536B

square

#5F236B #6B3B23 #2F6B23 #23536B

split-complementary

#5F236B #536B23 #236B3B

monochromatic

#140817 #36143D #5F236B #883299 #AE46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#5F236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5F236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F236B

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F236B	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10396D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#602F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.131 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6396',
    500: '#5f236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f236b;
$custom-light: #8f6396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37737,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F236B

secondary

#599E4B

accent

#DA4E65

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F1EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050D

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F236B

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

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