#5F40BE#5F40BE

#5F40BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.187 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F40BE
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(255, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.51, 44.53, -61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.51, 76.17, 305.77°)
OKLab	oklab(48.05% 0.0598 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(48.05% 0.187 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8443, 9.8167, 49.7652)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.38

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F40BE #9FBE40

analogous

#4060BE #5F40BE #9E40BE

triadic

#5F40BE #BE5F40 #40BE5F

tetradic

#5F40BE #BE4060 #9FBE40 #40BE9E

square

#5F40BE #BE4060 #9FBE40 #40BE9E

split-complementary

#5F40BE #BE9E40 #60BE40

monochromatic

#312162 #483190 #5F40BE #856DCE #AB9BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#5F40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#5F40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F40BE

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F40BE	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.187 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9577d3',
    500: '#5f40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f40be;
$custom-light: #9577d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.762,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48051,
    "c": 0.187,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F40BE

secondary

#BBC990

accent

#D94FB7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F40BE

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

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