#5F3597#5F3597

#5F3597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.154 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F3597
RGB	rgb(95, 53, 151)
HSL	hsl(266, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 64.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 39.71, -46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 61.51, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.35% 0.0761 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(43.35% 0.154 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5770, 7.2134, 30.0545)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.94

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F3597 #6D9735

analogous

#353C97 #5F3597 #903597

triadic

#5F3597 #975F35 #35975F

tetradic

#5F3597 #97353C #6D9735 #359790

square

#5F3597 #97353C #6D9735 #359790

split-complementary

#5F3597 #979035 #3C9735

monochromatic

#26153C #42256A #5F3597 #7C4ABF #9D77CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#5F3597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5F3597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F3597

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F3597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F3597	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#074B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f3597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 53, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.154 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916fb6',
    500: '#5f3597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f3597;
$custom-light: #916fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f3597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 48.039,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43345,
    "c": 0.15373,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F3597

secondary

#99B870

accent

#D8509E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F3597

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

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