#5F238D#5F238D

#5F238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.166 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F238D
RGB	rgb(95, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, 46.22, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 66.16, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% 0.0975 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.166 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1270, 5.5581, 25.7335)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F238D #518D23

analogous

#2A238D #5F238D #8D2386

triadic

#5F238D #8D5F23 #238D5F

tetradic

#5F238D #8D2A23 #518D23 #23868D

square

#5F238D #8D2A23 #518D23 #23868D

split-complementary

#5F238D #868D23 #238D2A

monochromatic

#1D0B2B #3E175C #5F238D #802FBE #9E55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#5F238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5F238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F238D

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F238D	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.166 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164af',
    500: '#5f238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f238d;
$custom-light: #9164af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.962,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40231,
    "c": 0.16616,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F238D

secondary

#7FB953

accent

#E34489

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F238D

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

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