#5F40BD#5F40BD

#5F40BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.186 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F40BD
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 189)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 66.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, 44.24, -61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 75.63, 305.80°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.0599 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.186 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.7354, 9.7731, 49.1915)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.51

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F40BD #9EBD40

analogous

#4060BD #5F40BD #9E40BD

triadic

#5F40BD #BD5F40 #40BD5F

tetradic

#5F40BD #BD4060 #9EBD40 #40BD9E

square

#5F40BD #BD4060 #9EBD40 #40BD9E

split-complementary

#5F40BD #BD9E40 #60BD40

monochromatic

#312162 #48318F #5F40BD #856DCD #AB9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#5F40BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#5F40BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F40BD

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F40BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F40BD	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f40bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.186 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9477d2',
    500: '#5f40bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f40bd;
$custom-light: #9477d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f40bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.88,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47969,
    "c": 0.18578,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F40BD

secondary

#BBC990

accent

#D94FB7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F40BD

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

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