#5F40BC#5F40BC

#5F40BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.185 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F40BC
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.35, 43.95, -60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.35, 75.08, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% 0.06 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.185 289)
XYZ	xyz(15.6272, 9.7299, 48.6218)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.65

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F40BC #9DBC40

analogous

#405FBC #5F40BC #9D40BC

triadic

#5F40BC #BC5F40 #40BC5F

tetradic

#5F40BC #BC405F #9DBC40 #40BC9D

square

#5F40BC #BC405F #9DBC40 #40BC9D

split-complementary

#5F40BC #BC9D40 #5FBC40

monochromatic

#312161 #48308E #5F40BC #846CCD #AB9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#5F40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#5F40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F40BC

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F40BC	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F5E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.185 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9477d1',
    500: '#5f40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f40bc;
$custom-light: #9477d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47887,
    "c": 0.18454,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.09731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F40BC

secondary

#BAC98F

accent

#D94FB6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F40BC

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

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