#5F40E1#5F40E1

#5F40E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.229 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F40E1
RGB	rgb(95, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(252, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, 54.69, -77.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 94.61, 305.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.0537 -0.2224)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.229 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1391, 11.5346, 72.3847)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F40E1 #C2E140

analogous

#4072E1 #5F40E1 #B040E1

triadic

#5F40E1 #E15F40 #40E15F

tetradic

#5F40E1 #E14072 #C2E140 #40E1B0

square

#5F40E1 #E14072 #C2E140 #40E1B0

split-complementary

#5F40E1 #E1B040 #72E140

monochromatic

#2E1790 #3F1FC5 #5F40E1 #8B75E9 #B8AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#5F40E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#5F40E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F40E1

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F40E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F40E1	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#106C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f40e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.229 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a78ec',
    500: '#5f40e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f40e1;
$custom-light: #9a78ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f40e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.553,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51074,
    "c": 0.22876,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F40E1

secondary

#D3DF9D

accent

#F038CC

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F40E1

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

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