#5F279F#5F279F

#5F279F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.181 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F279F
RGB	rgb(95, 39, 159)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.37, 48.87, -54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.37, 73.54, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.0897 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.181 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7013, 6.3870, 33.4105)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F279F #679F27

analogous

#272B9F #5F279F #9B279F

triadic

#5F279F #9F5F27 #279F5F

tetradic

#5F279F #9F272B #679F27 #279F9B

square

#5F279F #9F272B #679F27 #279F9B

split-complementary

#5F279F #9F9B27 #2B9F27

monochromatic

#240F3D #421B6E #5F279F #7D36CE #9C67DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#5F279F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#5F279F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F279F

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F279F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F279F	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f279f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 39, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.181 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9267bc',
    500: '#5f279f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f279f;
$custom-light: #9267bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f279f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42171,
    "c": 0.1808,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F279F

secondary

#94C062

accent

#E44499

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F279F

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

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