#5F42E0#5F42E0

#5F42E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.226 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F42E0
RGB	rgb(95, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(251, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 53.36, -76.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 92.99, 305.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.0524 -0.2193)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.226 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1179, 11.7099, 71.7067)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F42E0 #C3E042

analogous

#4274E0 #5F42E0 #AE42E0

triadic

#5F42E0 #E05F42 #42E05F

tetradic

#5F42E0 #E04274 #C3E042 #42E0AE

square

#5F42E0 #E04274 #C3E042 #42E0AE

split-complementary

#5F42E0 #E0AE42 #74E042

monochromatic

#2E1890 #3E20C5 #5F42E0 #8C77E9 #B8ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#5F42E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#5F42E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F42E0

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F42E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F42E0	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#126D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f42e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.226 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9979eb',
    500: '#5f42e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f42e0;
$custom-light: #9979eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f42e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.013,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51249,
    "c": 0.22552,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F42E0

secondary

#D3DF9F

accent

#EF39CD

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F42E0

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

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