#5F2491#5F2491

#5F2491 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.169 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2491
RGB	rgb(95, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, 46.74, -49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 67.74, 313.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% 0.0957 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.169 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4599, 5.7390, 27.3393)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2491 #569124

analogous

#282491 #5F2491 #91248C

triadic

#5F2491 #915F24 #24915F

tetradic

#5F2491 #912824 #569124 #248C91

square

#5F2491 #912824 #569124 #248C91

split-complementary

#5F2491 #8C9124 #249128

monochromatic

#1F0C2F #3F1860 #5F2491 #7F30C2 #9D59D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#5F2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5F2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2491

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2491	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.169 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165b2',
    500: '#5f2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2491;
$custom-light: #9165b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.477,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40667,
    "c": 0.16921,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2491

secondary

#84BA56

accent

#E3448D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2491

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

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