#5F40D8#5F40D8

#5F40D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.218 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F40D8
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(252, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(252, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.68, 52.08, -73.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.68, 89.96, 305.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% 0.0555 -0.2111)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.218 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9436, 11.0564, 66.0883)
Luminance	0.1106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F40D8 #B9D840

analogous

#406DD8 #5F40D8 #AB40D8

triadic

#5F40D8 #D85F40 #40D85F

tetradic

#5F40D8 #D8406D #B9D840 #40D8AB

square

#5F40D8 #D8406D #B9D840 #40D8AB

split-complementary

#5F40D8 #D8AB40 #6DD840

monochromatic

#301B83 #4325B6 #5F40D8 #8A73E2 #B4A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#5F40D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#5F40D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F40D8

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F40D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F40D8	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#236988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f40d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.218 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9878e5',
    500: '#5f40d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f40d8;
$custom-light: #9878e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f40d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.237,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50269,
    "c": 0.21826,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F40D8

secondary

#CDDA9A

accent

#E93FC6

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F40D8

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

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