#5F257D#5F257D

#5F257D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.147 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F257D
RGB	rgb(95, 37, 125)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 70.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.40, 41.52, -38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.40, 56.78, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(39.23% 0.0977 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(39.23% 0.147 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0819, 5.2369, 19.9305)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F257D #437D25

analogous

#33257D #5F257D #7D256F

triadic

#5F257D #7D5F25 #257D5F

tetradic

#5F257D #7D3325 #437D25 #256F7D

square

#5F257D #7D3325 #437D25 #256F7D

split-complementary

#5F257D #6F7D25 #257D33

monochromatic

#17091F #3B174E #5F257D #8333AC #A251CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#5F257D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5F257D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F257D

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F257D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F257D	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B427B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f257d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 37, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.147 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064a3',
    500: '#5f257d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f257d;
$custom-light: #9064a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f257d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 54.321,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39234,
    "c": 0.14658,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F257D

secondary

#70AF4F

accent

#DE4A7C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F257D

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

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