#5F42D4#5F42D4

#5F42D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.211 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F42D4
RGB	rgb(95, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.72, 49.85, -70.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.72, 86.73, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.19% 0.0546 -0.2041)
OKLCH	oklch(50.19% 0.211 285)
XYZ	xyz(18.5476, 11.0817, 63.4362)
Luminance	0.1108 (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

#5F42D4 #B7D442

analogous

#426ED4 #5F42D4 #A842D4

triadic

#5F42D4 #D45F42 #42D45F

tetradic

#5F42D4 #D4426E #B7D442 #42D4A8

square

#5F42D4 #D4426E #B7D442 #42D4A8

split-complementary

#5F42D4 #D4A842 #6ED442

monochromatic

#301D7F #4328B1 #5F42D4 #8974DF #B3A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#5F42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#5F42D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F42D4

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F42D4	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#296886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.211 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9879e2',
    500: '#5f42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f42d4;
$custom-light: #9879e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.918,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50194,
    "c": 0.21132,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.11083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F42D4

secondary

#CCD89A

accent

#E642C5

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F42D4

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

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