#5F40A2#5F40A2

#5F40A2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.152 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F40A2
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 162)
HSL	hsl(259, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 60.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.42, 36.47, -48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.42, 60.74, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(45.87% 0.0622 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(45.87% 0.152 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.0726, 8.7080, 35.1675)
Luminance	0.0871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.03

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F40A2 #83A240

analogous

#4052A2 #5F40A2 #9040A2

triadic

#5F40A2 #A25F40 #40A25F

tetradic

#5F40A2 #A24052 #83A240 #40A290

square

#5F40A2 #A24052 #83A240 #40A290

split-complementary

#5F40A2 #A29040 #52A240

monochromatic

#2C1D4A #452F76 #5F40A2 #7E5FC0 #A18BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#5F40A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#5F40A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F40A2

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F40A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F40A2	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C52A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D566B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f40a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.152 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9176be',
    500: '#5f40a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f40a2;
$custom-light: #9176be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f40a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.98,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4587,
    "c": 0.15165,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F40A2

secondary

#AABC82

accent

#D355AB

background

#F9F7FB

surface

#F2EDF7

border

#CCC8D0

text

#0D0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F40A2

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

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