#5F42D5#5F42D5

#5F42D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.213 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F42D5
RGB	rgb(95, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(252, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, 50.14, -71.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 87.26, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.0544 -0.2054)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.213 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6741, 11.1323, 64.1026)
Luminance	0.1113 (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

#5F42D5 #B8D542

analogous

#426ED5 #5F42D5 #A942D5

triadic

#5F42D5 #D55F42 #42D55F

tetradic

#5F42D5 #D5426E #B8D542 #42D5A9

square

#5F42D5 #D5426E #B8D542 #42D5A9

split-complementary

#5F42D5 #D5A942 #6ED542

monochromatic

#301C80 #4328B2 #5F42D5 #8974E0 #B4A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#5F42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#5F42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F42D5

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F42D5	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#276987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.213 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9879e3',
    500: '#5f42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f42d5;
$custom-light: #9879e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.837,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50281,
    "c": 0.21252,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F42D5

secondary

#CCD89A

accent

#E741C6

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F42D5

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

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