#5F40DF#5F40DF

#5F40DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.226 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F40DF
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 223)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(252, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 71.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.29, 54.11, -76.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.29, 93.58, 305.33°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% 0.0541 -0.2199)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.226 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8679, 11.4261, 70.9563)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F40DF #C0DF40

analogous

#4071DF #5F40DF #AF40DF

triadic

#5F40DF #DF5F40 #40DF5F

tetradic

#5F40DF #DF4071 #C0DF40 #40DFAF

square

#5F40DF #DF4071 #C0DF40 #40DFAF

split-complementary

#5F40DF #DFAF40 #71DF40

monochromatic

#2F188D #4020C1 #5F40DF #8B74E8 #B7A9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#5F40DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#5F40DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F40DF

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F40DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F40DF	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#166B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f40df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.226 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9978ea',
    500: '#5f40df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f40df;
$custom-light: #9978ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f40df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.698,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50893,
    "c": 0.22644,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F40DF

secondary

#D1DE9D

accent

#EE3ACB

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F40DF

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

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