#5F40D0#5F40D0

#5F40D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.209 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F40D0
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 208)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 69.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.99, 49.76, -69.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.99, 85.77, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.57% 0.057 -0.2009)
OKLCH	oklch(49.57% 0.209 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9345, 10.6528, 60.7734)
Luminance	0.1065 (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

#5F40D0 #B1D040

analogous

#4069D0 #5F40D0 #A740D0

triadic

#5F40D0 #D05F40 #40D05F

tetradic

#5F40D0 #D04069 #B1D040 #40D0A7

square

#5F40D0 #D04069 #B1D040 #40D0A7

split-complementary

#5F40D0 #D0A740 #69D040

monochromatic

#311E78 #452AA9 #5F40D0 #8871DC #B1A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#5F40D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#5F40D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F40D0

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F40D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F40D0	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E6683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f40d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.209 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9777df',
    500: '#5f40d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f40d0;
$custom-light: #9777df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f40d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.917,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49569,
    "c": 0.20879,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F40D0

secondary

#C8D597

accent

#E444C1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F40D0

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

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