#5F408D#5F408D

#5F408D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.124 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F408D
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 54.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, 30.64, -38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 48.85, 308.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.41% 0.0619 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(44.41% 0.124 300)
XYZ	xyz(11.3593, 8.0227, 26.1442)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F408D #6E8D40

analogous

#40478D #5F408D #85408D

triadic

#5F408D #8D5F40 #408D5F

tetradic

#5F408D #8D4047 #6E8D40 #408D85

square

#5F408D #8D4047 #6E8D40 #408D85

split-complementary

#5F408D #8D8540 #478D40

monochromatic

#261A39 #432D63 #5F408D #7C57B3 #9D81C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#5F408D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#5F408D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F408D

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F408D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F408D	1.00	8.06	2.60	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f408d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.124 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f76af',
    500: '#5f408d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f408d;
$custom-light: #8f76af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f408d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.156,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44406,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.08023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F408D

secondary

#9AB078

accent

#CE5A9F

background

#F9F7FA

surface

#F1EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0D0810

muted

#7E7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F408D

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

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