#5F40CB#5F40CB

#5F40CB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.203 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F40CB
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 203)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 68.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.57, 48.31, -67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.57, 83.13, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(49.14% 0.0578 -0.1944)
OKLCH	oklch(49.14% 0.203 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3290, 10.4106, 57.5847)
Luminance	0.1041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F40CB #ACCB40

analogous

#4067CB #5F40CB #A440CB

triadic

#5F40CB #CB5F40 #40CB5F

tetradic

#5F40CB #CB4067 #ACCB40 #40CBA4

square

#5F40CB #CB4067 #ACCB40 #40CBA4

split-complementary

#5F40CB #CBA440 #67CB40

monochromatic

#311F72 #462CA2 #5F40CB #8770D8 #B0A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#5F40CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#5F40CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F40CB

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F40CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F40CB	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#336480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f40cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.203 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9677dc',
    500: '#5f40cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f40cb;
$custom-light: #9677dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f40cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.381,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49139,
    "c": 0.20282,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F40CB

secondary

#C4D295

accent

#E047BE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F40CB

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

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