#5F42D6#5F42D6

#5F42D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.214 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F42D6
RGB	rgb(95, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(252, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.89, 50.44, -71.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.89, 87.78, 305.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.37% 0.0542 -0.2067)
OKLCH	oklch(50.37% 0.214 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8014, 11.1833, 64.7732)
Luminance	0.1118 (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

#5F42D6 #B9D642

analogous

#426FD6 #5F42D6 #A942D6

triadic

#5F42D6 #D65F42 #42D65F

tetradic

#5F42D6 #D6426F #B9D642 #42D6A9

square

#5F42D6 #D6426F #B9D642 #42D6A9

split-complementary

#5F42D6 #D6A942 #6FD642

monochromatic

#301C82 #4327B4 #5F42D6 #8A74E1 #B4A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#5F42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#5F42D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F42D6

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F42D6	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#266987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.214 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9879e4',
    500: '#5f42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f42d6;
$custom-light: #9879e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.757,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50368,
    "c": 0.21371,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F42D6

secondary

#CDD99B

accent

#E740C7

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F42D6

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

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