#5F277D#5F277D

#5F277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.144 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F277D
RGB	rgb(95, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(279, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.75, 40.54, -38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.75, 55.68, 316.73°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% 0.0953 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.144 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1458, 5.3648, 19.9518)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F277D #457D27

analogous

#34277D #5F277D #7D2770

triadic

#5F277D #7D5F27 #277D5F

tetradic

#5F277D #7D3427 #457D27 #27707D

square

#5F277D #7D3427 #457D27 #27707D

split-complementary

#5F277D #707D27 #277D34

monochromatic

#180A20 #3C184E #5F277D #8236AC #A155CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#5F277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5F277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F277D

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F277D	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E437B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.144 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66a3',
    500: '#5f277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f277d;
$custom-light: #8f66a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.07,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39485,
    "c": 0.14376,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F277D

secondary

#72AF51

accent

#DC4C7E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F277D

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

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