#5F2595#5F2595

#5F2595 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.172 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2595
RGB	rgb(95, 37, 149)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 75.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.23, 47.27, -50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.23, 69.33, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(41.11% 0.0939 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(41.11% 0.172 303)
XYZ	xyz(10.8044, 5.9260, 29.0026)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.33

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2595 #5B9525

analogous

#272595 #5F2595 #952593

triadic

#5F2595 #955F25 #25955F

tetradic

#5F2595 #952725 #5B9525 #259395

square

#5F2595 #952725 #5B9525 #259395

split-complementary

#5F2595 #939525 #259527

monochromatic

#200D33 #401964 #5F2595 #7E31C6 #9C5ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#5F2595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5F2595 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2595

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2595	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 37, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.172 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9265b5',
    500: '#5f2595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2595;
$custom-light: #9265b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.071,
    "s": 60.215,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41107,
    "c": 0.17231,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.05926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2595

secondary

#89BC5A

accent

#E34491

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2595

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

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