#5F40C8#5F40C8

#5F40C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.199 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F40C8
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(254, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.32, 47.43, -66.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.32, 81.53, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(48.88% 0.0583 -0.1905)
OKLCH	oklch(48.88% 0.199 287)
XYZ	xyz(16.9750, 10.2690, 55.7200)
Luminance	0.1027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 0.55

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F40C8 #A9C840

analogous

#4065C8 #5F40C8 #A340C8

triadic

#5F40C8 #C85F40 #40C85F

tetradic

#5F40C8 #C84065 #A9C840 #40C8A3

square

#5F40C8 #C84065 #A9C840 #40C8A3

split-complementary

#5F40C8 #C8A340 #65C840

monochromatic

#32206E #472D9D #5F40C8 #8770D6 #AF9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#5F40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#5F40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F40C8

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F40C8	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.199 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9677da',
    500: '#5f40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f40c8;
$custom-light: #9677da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.676,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48884,
    "c": 0.19919,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.1027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F40C8

secondary

#C2D094

accent

#DF49BD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F40C8

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

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