#5F2494#5F2494

#5F2494 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.172 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2494
RGB	rgb(95, 36, 148)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 75.7%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.99, 47.48, -50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.99, 69.30, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.095 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.172 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6942, 5.8328, 28.5737)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2494 #599424

analogous

#272494 #5F2494 #942491

triadic

#5F2494 #945F24 #24945F

tetradic

#5F2494 #942724 #599424 #249194

square

#5F2494 #942724 #599424 #249194

split-complementary

#5F2494 #919424 #249427

monochromatic

#200C32 #3F1863 #5F2494 #7F30C5 #9D5BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#5F2494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5F2494 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2494

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2494	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 36, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.172 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9265b4',
    500: '#5f2494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2494;
$custom-light: #9265b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.607,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40914,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2494

secondary

#87BC58

accent

#E44490

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2494

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

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