#5F40E0#5F40E0

#5F40E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.228 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F40E0
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 224)
HSL	hsl(252, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(252, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.38, 54.40, -76.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.38, 94.09, 305.32°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.0539 -0.2211)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.228 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0031, 11.4802, 71.6684)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F40E0 #C1E040

analogous

#4071E0 #5F40E0 #AF40E0

triadic

#5F40E0 #E05F40 #40E05F

tetradic

#5F40E0 #E04071 #C1E040 #40E0AF

square

#5F40E0 #E04071 #C1E040 #40E0AF

split-complementary

#5F40E0 #E0AF40 #71E040

monochromatic

#2E178E #3F20C3 #5F40E0 #8B75E9 #B7A9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#5F40E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#5F40E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F40E0

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F40E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F40E0	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#136C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f40e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.228 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a78eb',
    500: '#5f40e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f40e0;
$custom-light: #9a78eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f40e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.625,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50983,
    "c": 0.2276,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F40E0

secondary

#D2DF9D

accent

#EF39CC

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F40E0

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

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