#5F3399#5F3399

#5F3399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.159 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F3399
RGB	rgb(95, 51, 153)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.03, 41.34, -48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.03, 63.80, 310.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% 0.0782 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.159 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6515, 7.1003, 30.8875)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.71

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F3399 #6D9933

analogous

#333A99 #5F3399 #923399

triadic

#5F3399 #995F33 #33995F

tetradic

#5F3399 #99333A #6D9933 #339992

square

#5F3399 #99333A #6D9933 #339992

split-complementary

#5F3399 #999233 #3A9933

monochromatic

#26143D #42246B #5F3399 #7C47C2 #9D75D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#5F3399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#5F3399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F3399

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F3399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F3399	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f3399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 51, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.159 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916eb8',
    500: '#5f3399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f3399;
$custom-light: #916eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f3399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.882,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43209,
    "c": 0.15894,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F3399

secondary

#99B96E

accent

#DA4E9D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF6

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F3399

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

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