#5F2996#5F2996

#5F2996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.169 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2996
RGB	rgb(95, 41, 150)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 72.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.96, 45.67, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.96, 67.81, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.0896 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.169 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0160, 6.2207, 29.4686)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2996 #609629

analogous

#292996 #5F2996 #962996

triadic

#5F2996 #965F29 #29965F

tetradic

#5F2996 #962929 #609629 #299696

square

#5F2996 #962929 #609629 #299696

split-complementary

#5F2996 #969629 #299629

monochromatic

#220F36 #411C66 #5F2996 #7D36C6 #9C65D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#5F2996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#5F2996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2996

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2996	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 41, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.169 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9168b6',
    500: '#5f2996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2996;
$custom-light: #9168b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.725,
    "s": 57.068,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41655,
    "c": 0.16861,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2996

secondary

#8EBB60

accent

#E04795

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2996

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

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