#5F42D8#5F42D8

#5F42D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.216 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F42D8
RGB	rgb(95, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(252, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.06, 51.02, -72.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.06, 88.83, 305.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.54% 0.0539 -0.2093)
OKLCH	oklch(50.54% 0.216 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0584, 11.2861, 66.1266)
Luminance	0.1129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F42D8 #BBD842

analogous

#4270D8 #5F42D8 #AA42D8

triadic

#5F42D8 #D85F42 #42D85F

tetradic

#5F42D8 #D84270 #BBD842 #42D8AA

square

#5F42D8 #D84270 #BBD842 #42D8AA

split-complementary

#5F42D8 #D8AA42 #70D842

monochromatic

#301B84 #4226B7 #5F42D8 #8A75E2 #B5A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#5F42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#5F42D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F42D8

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F42D8	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#236A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.216 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9879e5',
    500: '#5f42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f42d8;
$custom-light: #9879e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50542,
    "c": 0.21609,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F42D8

secondary

#CEDA9C

accent

#E93FC8

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F42D8

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

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