#5F359B#5F359B

#5F359B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.159 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F359B
RGB	rgb(95, 53, 155)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 65.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 40.78, -48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 63.70, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.0757 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.159 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9073, 7.3455, 31.7945)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.27

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F359B #719B35

analogous

#353E9B #5F359B #92359B

triadic

#5F359B #9B5F35 #359B5F

tetradic

#5F359B #9B353E #719B35 #359B92

square

#5F359B #9B353E #719B35 #359B92

split-complementary

#5F359B #9B9235 #3E9B35

monochromatic

#271640 #43256D #5F359B #7C4CC2 #9D79D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#5F359B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#5F359B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F359B

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F359B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F359B	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f359b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 53, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.159 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916fb9',
    500: '#5f359b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f359b;
$custom-light: #916fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f359b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4365,
    "c": 0.15858,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F359B

secondary

#9CBA72

accent

#D94FA0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF6

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F359B

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

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