#5F279B#5F279B

#5F279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.176 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F279B
RGB	rgb(95, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.04, 47.86, -53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.04, 71.46, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% 0.0906 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.176 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3598, 6.2504, 31.6120)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F279B #639B27

analogous

#27299B #5F279B #99279B

triadic

#5F279B #9B5F27 #279B5F

tetradic

#5F279B #9B2729 #639B27 #279B99

square

#5F279B #9B2729 #639B27 #279B99

split-complementary

#5F279B #9B9927 #299B27

monochromatic

#230E39 #411B6A #5F279B #7D33CC #9C64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#5F279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5F279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F279B

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F279B	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.176 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9267b9',
    500: '#5f279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f279b;
$custom-light: #9267b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41833,
    "c": 0.17647,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F279B

secondary

#91BE60

accent

#E34597

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F279B

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

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