#5F2C8B#5F2C8B

#5F2C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.152 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F2C8B
RGB	rgb(95, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.66, 41.41, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.66, 60.30, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% 0.088 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.152 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2792, 6.0984, 25.0567)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.48

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F2C8B #588B2C

analogous

#2F2C8B #5F2C8B #8B2C87

triadic

#5F2C8B #8B5F2C #2C8B5F

tetradic

#5F2C8B #8B2F2C #588B2C #2C878B

square

#5F2C8B #8B2F2C #588B2C #2C878B

split-complementary

#5F2C8B #878B2C #2C8B2F

monochromatic

#1F0F2E #3F1D5D #5F2C8B #7F3BB9 #9D64CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#5F2C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5F2C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F2C8B

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F2C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F2C8B	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F4689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f2c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.152 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9069ad',
    500: '#5f2c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f2c8b;
$custom-light: #9069ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f2c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.211,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41174,
    "c": 0.15231,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F2C8B

secondary

#86B45F

accent

#DB4C8F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F2C8B

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

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