#5F238F#5F238F

#5F238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.168 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F238F
RGB	rgb(95, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 46.70, -48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 67.19, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% 0.0971 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.168 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2772, 5.6182, 26.5243)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F238F #538F23

analogous

#29238F #5F238F #8F2389

triadic

#5F238F #8F5F23 #238F5F

tetradic

#5F238F #8F2923 #538F23 #23898F

square

#5F238F #8F2923 #538F23 #23898F

split-complementary

#5F238F #898F23 #238F29

monochromatic

#1E0B2D #3E175E #5F238F #802FC0 #9D57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#5F238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5F238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F238F

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F238F	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.168 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b1',
    500: '#5f238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f238f;
$custom-light: #9164b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40393,
    "c": 0.16827,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F238F

secondary

#81BA54

accent

#E4448B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F238F

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

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