#5F42D7#5F42D7

#5F42D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.215 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F42D7
RGB	rgb(95, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.97, 50.73, -72.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.97, 88.31, 305.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.46% 0.0541 -0.208)
OKLCH	oklch(50.46% 0.215 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9295, 11.2345, 65.4478)
Luminance	0.1124 (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

#5F42D7 #BAD742

analogous

#426FD7 #5F42D7 #AA42D7

triadic

#5F42D7 #D75F42 #42D75F

tetradic

#5F42D7 #D7426F #BAD742 #42D7AA

square

#5F42D7 #D7426F #BAD742 #42D7AA

split-complementary

#5F42D7 #D7AA42 #6FD742

monochromatic

#301C83 #4226B5 #5F42D7 #8A75E2 #B5A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#5F42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#5F42D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F42D7

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F42D7	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#246988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.215 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9879e4',
    500: '#5f42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f42d7;
$custom-light: #9879e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.678,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50455,
    "c": 0.21489,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F42D7

secondary

#CDDA9B

accent

#E840C7

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F42D7

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

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