#5F40BA#5F40BA

#5F40BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.182 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F40BA
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 65.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.20, 43.37, -59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.20, 74.00, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.0603 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.182 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4131, 9.6442, 47.4943)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.92

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F40BA #9BBA40

analogous

#405EBA #5F40BA #9C40BA

triadic

#5F40BA #BA5F40 #40BA5F

tetradic

#5F40BA #BA405E #9BBA40 #40BA9C

square

#5F40BA #BA405E #9BBA40 #40BA9C

split-complementary

#5F40BA #BA9C40 #5EBA40

monochromatic

#30215F #48308C #5F40BA #846BCC #AA99DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#5F40BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#5F40BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F40BA

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F40BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F40BA	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#405E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f40ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.182 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9477d0',
    500: '#5f40ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f40ba;
$custom-light: #9477d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f40ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.246,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47725,
    "c": 0.18206,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F40BA

secondary

#B9C88E

accent

#D84FB6

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F40BA

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

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