#5F42D2#5F42D2

#5F42D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.209 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F42D2
RGB	rgb(95, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.55, 49.27, -70.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.55, 85.68, 305.10°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.0549 -0.2016)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.209 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2969, 10.9814, 62.1158)
Luminance	0.1098 (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

#5F42D2 #B5D242

analogous

#426DD2 #5F42D2 #A742D2

triadic

#5F42D2 #D25F42 #42D25F

tetradic

#5F42D2 #D2426D #B5D242 #42D2A7

square

#5F42D2 #D2426D #B5D242 #42D2A7

split-complementary

#5F42D2 #D2A742 #6DD242

monochromatic

#311E7C #4429AD #5F42D2 #8973DE #B3A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#5F42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#5F42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F42D2

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F42D2	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B6785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.209 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9779e1',
    500: '#5f42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f42d2;
$custom-light: #9779e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.083,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50022,
    "c": 0.20893,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F42D2

secondary

#CAD799

accent

#E543C4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F42D2

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

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