#5F238C#5F238C

#5F238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.165 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F238C
RGB	rgb(95, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.19, 45.98, -46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.19, 65.64, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.15% 0.0977 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(40.15% 0.165 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0529, 5.5285, 25.3434)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F238C #508C23

analogous

#2B238C #5F238C #8C2385

triadic

#5F238C #8C5F23 #238C5F

tetradic

#5F238C #8C2B23 #508C23 #23858C

square

#5F238C #8C2B23 #508C23 #23858C

split-complementary

#5F238C #858C23 #238C2B

monochromatic

#1D0B2A #3E175B #5F238C #802FBD #9E55D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#5F238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5F238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F238C

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F238C	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.165 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164ae',
    500: '#5f238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f238c;
$custom-light: #9164ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40151,
    "c": 0.1651,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F238C

secondary

#7EB852

accent

#E34589

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F238C

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

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