#5F42CF#5F42CF

#5F42CF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.205 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F42CF
RGB	rgb(95, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.30, 48.39, -68.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.30, 84.09, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(49.77% 0.0554 -0.1977)
OKLCH	oklch(49.77% 0.205 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9266, 10.8333, 60.1658)
Luminance	0.1083 (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

#5F42CF #B2CF42

analogous

#426BCF #5F42CF #A542CF

triadic

#5F42CF #CF5F42 #42CF5F

tetradic

#5F42CF #CF426B #B2CF42 #42CFA5

square

#5F42CF #CF426B #B2CF42 #42CFA5

split-complementary

#5F42CF #CFA542 #6BCF42

monochromatic

#311F78 #452BA9 #5F42CF #8873DB #B2A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#5F42CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#5F42CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F42CF

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F42CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F42CF	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F6683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f42cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.205 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9779df',
    500: '#5f42cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f42cf;
$custom-light: #9779df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f42cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.34,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49765,
    "c": 0.20532,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F42CF

secondary

#C8D598

accent

#E345C2

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F42CF

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

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