#5F257E#5F257E

#5F257E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.148 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F257E
RGB	rgb(95, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 70.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.47, 41.75, -39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.47, 57.30, 316.77°)
OKLab	oklab(39.31% 0.0976 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(39.31% 0.148 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1461, 5.2626, 20.2686)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F257E #447E25

analogous

#33257E #5F257E #7E2571

triadic

#5F257E #7E5F25 #257E5F

tetradic

#5F257E #7E3325 #447E25 #25717E

square

#5F257E #7E3325 #447E25 #25717E

split-complementary

#5F257E #717E25 #257E33

monochromatic

#18091F #3B174F #5F257E #8333AD #A151CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#5F257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5F257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F257E

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F257E	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A427C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.148 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064a4',
    500: '#5f257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f257e;
$custom-light: #9064a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.101,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39307,
    "c": 0.14766,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F257E

secondary

#71B04F

accent

#DE4A7D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F257E

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

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