#5F4E79#5F4E79

#5F4E79 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.071 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F4E79
RGB	rgb(95, 78, 121)
HSL	hsl(264, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(264, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 35.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.48, 16.65, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.48, 27.48, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(45.9% 0.0375 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(45.9% 0.071 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8942, 9.2621, 19.2993)
Luminance	0.0926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F4E79 #68794E

analogous

#4E5379 #5F4E79 #754E79

triadic

#5F4E79 #795F4E #4E795F

tetradic

#5F4E79 #794E53 #68794E #4E7975

square

#5F4E79 #794E53 #68794E #4E7975

split-complementary

#5F4E79 #79754E #53794E

monochromatic

#251E2F #423654 #5F4E79 #7C679D #9C8CB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#5F4E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5F4E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F4E79

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F4E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F4E79	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44567B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B555E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f4e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 78, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.071 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7fa0',
    500: '#5f4e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f4e79;
$custom-light: #8d7fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f4e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.721,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45901,
    "c": 0.07114,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F4E79

secondary

#95A281

accent

#BE6A9D

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF2

border

#CBC9CC

text

#0C0A0E

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F4E79

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

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