#5F238E#5F238E

#5F238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.167 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F238E
RGB	rgb(95, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.35, 46.46, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.35, 66.67, 314.18°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% 0.0973 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.167 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2017, 5.5880, 26.1271)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F238E #528E23

analogous

#2A238E #5F238E #8E2388

triadic

#5F238E #8E5F23 #238E5F

tetradic

#5F238E #8E2A23 #528E23 #23888E

square

#5F238E #8E2A23 #528E23 #23888E

split-complementary

#5F238E #888E23 #238E2A

monochromatic

#1D0B2C #3E175D #5F238E #802FBF #9D56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#5F238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5F238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F238E

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F238E	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.167 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b0',
    500: '#5f238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f238e;
$custom-light: #9164b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.645,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40312,
    "c": 0.16721,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F238E

secondary

#80B953

accent

#E4448A

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F238E

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

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