#5F42BC#5F42BC

#5F42BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.182 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F42BC
RGB	rgb(95, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(254, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(254, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.77, 42.82, -60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.77, 73.88, 305.42°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.058 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.182 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7420, 9.9595, 48.6601)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.63

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F42BC #9FBC42

analogous

#4262BC #5F42BC #9C42BC

triadic

#5F42BC #BC5F42 #42BC5F

tetradic

#5F42BC #BC4262 #9FBC42 #42BC9C

square

#5F42BC #BC4262 #9FBC42 #42BC9C

split-complementary

#5F42BC #BC9C42 #62BC42

monochromatic

#312261 #48328F #5F42BC #856FCC #AB9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#5F42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#5F42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F42BC

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F42BC	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F6079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.182 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9478d1',
    500: '#5f42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f42bc;
$custom-light: #9478d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.262,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48188,
    "c": 0.18201,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F42BC

secondary

#BBC991

accent

#D850B7

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F42BC

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

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