#5F4E8A#5F4E8A

#5F4E8A is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.096 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F4E8A
RGB	rgb(95, 78, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 43.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.33, 21.18, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.33, 37.53, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(46.82% 0.0414 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(46.82% 0.096 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0300, 9.7165, 25.2815)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F4E8A #798A4E

analogous

#4E5B8A #5F4E8A #7D4E8A

triadic

#5F4E8A #8A5F4E #4E8A5F

tetradic

#5F4E8A #8A4E5B #798A4E #4E8A7D

square

#5F4E8A #8A4E5B #798A4E #4E8A7D

split-complementary

#5F4E8A #8A7D4E #5B8A4E

monochromatic

#29223C #443863 #5F4E8A #7D6AAB #9F91C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#5F4E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5F4E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F4E8A

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F4E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F4E8A	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C588C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#565965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f4e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 78, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.096 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7fac',
    500: '#5f4e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f4e8a;
$custom-light: #8e7fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f4e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46819,
    "c": 0.09615,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F4E8A

secondary

#A2AE86

accent

#C464A9

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A10

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F4E8A

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

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