#5F40D3#5F40D3

#5F40D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.212 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F40D3
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(253, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(253, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.24, 50.63, -71.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.24, 87.35, 305.43°)
OKLab	oklab(49.83% 0.0564 -0.2047)
OKLCH	oklch(49.83% 0.212 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3070, 10.8018, 62.7357)
Luminance	0.1080 (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

#5F40D3 #B4D340

analogous

#406BD3 #5F40D3 #A940D3

triadic

#5F40D3 #D35F40 #40D35F

tetradic

#5F40D3 #D3406B #B4D340 #40D3A9

square

#5F40D3 #D3406B #B4D340 #40D3A9

split-complementary

#5F40D3 #D3A940 #6BD340

monochromatic

#311D7C #4428AE #5F40D3 #8972DE #B2A3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#5F40D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#5F40D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F40D3

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F40D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F40D3	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A6785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f40d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.212 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9877e2',
    500: '#5f40d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f40d3;
$custom-light: #9877e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f40d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.653,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4983,
    "c": 0.21236,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F40D3

secondary

#CAD798

accent

#E642C3

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0915

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F40D3

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

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