#5F2591#5F2591

#5F2591 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.168 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2591
RGB	rgb(95, 37, 145)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.90, 46.29, -48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.90, 67.24, 313.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.0947 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.168 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4905, 5.8004, 27.3495)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2591 #579125

analogous

#292591 #5F2591 #91258D

triadic

#5F2591 #915F25 #25915F

tetradic

#5F2591 #912925 #579125 #258D91

square

#5F2591 #912925 #579125 #258D91

split-complementary

#5F2591 #8D9125 #259129

monochromatic

#1F0C2F #3F1960 #5F2591 #7F31C2 #9D5BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#5F2591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5F2591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2591

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2591	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 37, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.168 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165b2',
    500: '#5f2591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2591;
$custom-light: #9165b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 59.341,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40779,
    "c": 0.16803,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2591

secondary

#85BA58

accent

#E3458E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2591

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

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