#5F3495#5F3495

#5F3495 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.153 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F3495
RGB	rgb(95, 52, 149)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 65.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 39.73, -46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 61.02, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.0775 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.153 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3708, 7.0587, 29.1914)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.32

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F3495 #6A9534

analogous

#343995 #5F3495 #903495

triadic

#5F3495 #955F34 #34955F

tetradic

#5F3495 #953439 #6A9534 #349590

square

#5F3495 #953439 #6A9534 #349590

split-complementary

#5F3495 #959034 #399534

monochromatic

#25143A #422468 #5F3495 #7C47BF #9D75CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#5F3495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5F3495 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F3495

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F3495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F3495	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A4A93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f3495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 52, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.153 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916eb5',
    500: '#5f3495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f3495;
$custom-light: #916eb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f3495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.598,
    "s": 48.259,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43048,
    "c": 0.15273,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F3495

secondary

#97B76E

accent

#D8509C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F3495

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

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