#5F2496#5F2496

#5F2496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.175 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2496
RGB	rgb(95, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, 47.97, -51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 70.34, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.08% 0.0946 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(41.08% 0.175 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8539, 5.8966, 29.4146)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2496 #5B9624

analogous

#262496 #5F2496 #962494

triadic

#5F2496 #965F24 #24965F

tetradic

#5F2496 #962624 #5B9624 #249496

square

#5F2496 #962624 #5B9624 #249496

split-complementary

#5F2496 #949624 #249626

monochromatic

#200C33 #401865 #5F2496 #7E30C7 #9C5CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#5F2496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5F2496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2496

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2496	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.175 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9265b6',
    500: '#5f2496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2496;
$custom-light: #9265b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.053,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4108,
    "c": 0.17452,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2496

secondary

#89BD59

accent

#E44391

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2496

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

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