#5F4591#5F4591

#5F4591 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.121 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F4591
RGB	rgb(95, 69, 145)
HSL	hsl(261, 36%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(261, 52%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 52.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.47, 28.70, -38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.47, 47.78, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(45.55% 0.0553 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(45.55% 0.121 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9570, 8.7333, 27.8383)
Luminance	0.0873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F4591 #779145

analogous

#455191 #5F4591 #854591

triadic

#5F4591 #915F45 #45915F

tetradic

#5F4591 #914551 #779145 #459185

square

#5F4591 #914551 #779145 #459185

split-complementary

#5F4591 #918545 #519145

monochromatic

#291E3E #443168 #5F4591 #7C60B3 #9E89C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#5F4591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#5F4591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F4591

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F4591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F4591	1.00	7.65	2.75	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F538F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f4591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 69, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.121 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f79b2',
    500: '#5f4591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f4591;
$custom-light: #8f79b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f4591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 35.514,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4555,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F4591

secondary

#A1B280

accent

#CC5CA5

background

#F9F7FB

surface

#F1EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0D0911

muted

#7E7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F4591

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

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