#5F42E2#5F42E2

#5F42E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.228 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F42E2
RGB	rgb(95, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.93, 53.94, -77.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.93, 94.02, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(51.43% 0.052 -0.2218)
OKLCH	oklch(51.43% 0.228 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3908, 11.8190, 73.1436)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F42E2 #C5E242

analogous

#4275E2 #5F42E2 #AF42E2

triadic

#5F42E2 #E25F42 #42E25F

tetradic

#5F42E2 #E24275 #C5E242 #42E2AF

square

#5F42E2 #E24275 #C5E242 #42E2AF

split-complementary

#5F42E2 #E2AF42 #75E242

monochromatic

#2D1793 #3D1FC8 #5F42E2 #8C77EA #B9ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#5F42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#5F42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F42E2

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F42E2	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C6D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.228 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a79ec',
    500: '#5f42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f42e2;
$custom-light: #9a79ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.875,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51427,
    "c": 0.22785,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F42E2

secondary

#D5E09F

accent

#F038CF

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F42E2

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

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