#5F2391#5F2391

#5F2391 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.170 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2391
RGB	rgb(95, 35, 145)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 75.9%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 47.19, -49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 68.23, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.56% 0.0967 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(40.56% 0.17 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4300, 5.6793, 27.3293)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2391 #559123

analogous

#282391 #5F2391 #91238C

triadic

#5F2391 #915F23 #23915F

tetradic

#5F2391 #912823 #559123 #238C91

square

#5F2391 #912823 #559123 #238C91

split-complementary

#5F2391 #8C9123 #239128

monochromatic

#1E0B2E #3F1760 #5F2391 #7F2FC2 #9D58D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#5F2391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5F2391 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2391

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2391	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 35, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.170 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b2',
    500: '#5f2391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2391;
$custom-light: #9164b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40557,
    "c": 0.17037,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2391

secondary

#83BB55

accent

#E4448D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2391

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

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