#5F42CE#5F42CE

#5F42CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.204 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F42CE
RGB	rgb(95, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.22, 48.09, -68.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.22, 83.56, 305.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% 0.0556 -0.1964)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.204 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8048, 10.7846, 59.5240)
Luminance	0.1079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F42CE #B1CE42

analogous

#426BCE #5F42CE #A542CE

triadic

#5F42CE #CE5F42 #42CE5F

tetradic

#5F42CE #CE426B #B1CE42 #42CEA5

square

#5F42CE #CE426B #B1CE42 #42CEA5

split-complementary

#5F42CE #CEA542 #6BCE42

monochromatic

#311F77 #452BA7 #5F42CE #8873DB #B1A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#5F42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#5F42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F42CE

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F42CE	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#306683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.204 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9779de',
    500: '#5f42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f42ce;
$custom-light: #9779de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49679,
    "c": 0.20411,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F42CE

secondary

#C8D498

accent

#E246C2

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F42CE

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

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