#5F40BB#5F40BB

#5F40BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.183 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F40BB
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 187)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 65.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, 43.66, -60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 74.54, 305.85°)
OKLab	oklab(47.81% 0.0601 -0.1732)
OKLCH	oklch(47.81% 0.183 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5198, 9.6869, 48.0561)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.78

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F40BB #9CBB40

analogous

#405FBB #5F40BB #9D40BB

triadic

#5F40BB #BB5F40 #40BB5F

tetradic

#5F40BB #BB405F #9CBB40 #40BB9D

square

#5F40BB #BB405F #9CBB40 #40BB9D

split-complementary

#5F40BB #BB9D40 #5FBB40

monochromatic

#312160 #48308D #5F40BB #846CCD #AA99DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#5F40BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5F40BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F40BB

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F40BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F40BB	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#405E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f40bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.183 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9477d0',
    500: '#5f40bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f40bb;
$custom-light: #9477d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f40bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.122,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47806,
    "c": 0.1833,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F40BB

secondary

#BAC88F

accent

#D94FB6

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F40BB

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

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