#5F237E#5F237E

#5F237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.150 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F237E
RGB	rgb(95, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(280, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.13, 42.69, -39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.13, 58.36, 317.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.07% 0.0999 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(39.07% 0.15 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0855, 5.1416, 20.2484)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F237E #427E23

analogous

#31237E #5F237E #7E2370

triadic

#5F237E #7E5F23 #237E5F

tetradic

#5F237E #7E3123 #427E23 #23707E

square

#5F237E #7E3123 #427E23 #23707E

split-complementary

#5F237E #707E23 #237E31

monochromatic

#17081E #3B164E #5F237E #8330AE #A24ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#5F237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5F237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F237E

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F237E	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18417C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.150 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063a4',
    500: '#5f237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f237e;
$custom-light: #9063a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.56,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39067,
    "c": 0.15036,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F237E

secondary

#6EB04C

accent

#E0487C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F237E

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

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