#5F2B8D#5F2B8D

#5F2B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.156 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2B8D
RGB	rgb(95, 43, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 69.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, 42.42, -45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 61.94, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.0889 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.156 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3898, 6.0838, 25.8211)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2B8D #598D2B

analogous

#2E2B8D #5F2B8D #8D2B8A

triadic

#5F2B8D #8D5F2B #2B8D5F

tetradic

#5F2B8D #8D2E2B #598D2B #2B8A8D

square

#5F2B8D #8D2E2B #598D2B #2B8A8D

split-complementary

#5F2B8D #8A8D2B #2B8D2E

monochromatic

#200E2F #3F1D5E #5F2B8D #7F39BC #9D63CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#5F2B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5F2B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2B8D

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2B8D	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07468B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 43, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.156 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9068af',
    500: '#5f2b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2b8d;
$custom-light: #9068af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.837,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41195,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2B8D

secondary

#87B65E

accent

#DD4B8F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2B8D

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

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