#5F278B#5F278B

#5F278B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.159 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F278B
RGB	rgb(95, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 43.89, -45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 63.06, 314.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.0936 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.159 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1040, 5.7481, 24.9983)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F278B #538B27

analogous

#2D278B #5F278B #8B2785

triadic

#5F278B #8B5F27 #278B5F

tetradic

#5F278B #8B2D27 #538B27 #27858B

square

#5F278B #8B2D27 #538B27 #27858B

split-complementary

#5F278B #858B27 #278B2D

monochromatic

#1E0C2B #3E1A5B #5F278B #8034BB #9D5BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#5F278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5F278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F278B

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F278B	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.159 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9166ae',
    500: '#5f278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f278b;
$custom-light: #9166ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40537,
    "c": 0.15905,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F278B

secondary

#81B658

accent

#DF488B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F278B

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

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