#5F2991#5F2991

#5F2991 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.163 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2991
RGB	rgb(95, 41, 145)
HSL	hsl(271, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 71.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.57, 44.41, -47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.57, 65.16, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% 0.0905 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.163 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6219, 6.0631, 27.3933)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.46

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2991 #5B9129

analogous

#2B2991 #5F2991 #91298F

triadic

#5F2991 #915F29 #29915F

tetradic

#5F2991 #912B29 #5B9129 #298F91

square

#5F2991 #912B29 #5B9129 #298F91

split-complementary

#5F2991 #8F9129 #29912B

monochromatic

#200E32 #401C61 #5F2991 #7E36C1 #9C62D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#5F2991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5F2991 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2991

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2991	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00468F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 41, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.163 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9167b2',
    500: '#5f2991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2991;
$custom-light: #9167b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 55.914,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41254,
    "c": 0.16308,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2991

secondary

#89B85D

accent

#DF4991

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2991

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

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