#5F42E1#5F42E1

#5F42E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.227 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F42E1
RGB	rgb(95, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, 53.65, -76.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 93.51, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% 0.0522 -0.2206)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.227 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2539, 11.7643, 72.4230)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F42E1 #C4E142

analogous

#4275E1 #5F42E1 #AE42E1

triadic

#5F42E1 #E15F42 #42E15F

tetradic

#5F42E1 #E14275 #C4E142 #42E1AE

square

#5F42E1 #E14275 #C4E142 #42E1AE

split-complementary

#5F42E1 #E1AE42 #75E142

monochromatic

#2D1792 #3E1FC6 #5F42E1 #8C77E9 #B8ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#5F42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#5F42E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F42E1

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F42E1	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F6D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.227 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a79ec',
    500: '#5f42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f42e1;
$custom-light: #9a79ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.943,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51338,
    "c": 0.22669,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F42E1

secondary

#D4E09F

accent

#EF38CE

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F42E1

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

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