#5F42E7#5F42E7

#5F42E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.234 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F42E7
RGB	rgb(95, 66, 231)
HSL	hsl(251, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.37, 55.40, -79.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.37, 96.59, 305.00°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.051 -0.228)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.234 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0869, 12.0974, 76.8097)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F42E7 #CAE742

analogous

#4278E7 #5F42E7 #B142E7

triadic

#5F42E7 #E75F42 #42E75F

tetradic

#5F42E7 #E74278 #CAE742 #42E7B1

square

#5F42E7 #E74278 #CAE742 #42E7B1

split-complementary

#5F42E7 #E7B142 #78E742

monochromatic

#2B149B #3B1BD1 #5F42E7 #8D78EE #BBAFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#5F42E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#5F42E7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F42E7

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F42E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F42E7	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f42e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 66, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.234 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b79f0',
    500: '#5f42e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f42e7;
$custom-light: #9b79f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f42e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.545,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51878,
    "c": 0.23366,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F42E7

secondary

#D8E3A2

accent

#F434D2

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0917

muted

#7F7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F42E7

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

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