#5F4CB5#5F4CB5

#5F4CB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.160 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F4CB5
RGB	rgb(95, 76, 181)
HSL	hsl(251, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(251, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 58%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.47, 34.89, -53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.47, 63.72, 303.19°)
OKLab	oklab(49.27% 0.0476 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(49.27% 0.16 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6418, 10.9373, 44.9940)
Luminance	0.1094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F4CB5 #A2B54C

analogous

#4C6DB5 #5F4CB5 #934CB5

triadic

#5F4CB5 #B55F4C #4CB55F

tetradic

#5F4CB5 #B54C6D #A2B54C #4CB593

square

#5F4CB5 #B54C6D #A2B54C #4CB593

split-complementary

#5F4CB5 #B5934C #6DB54C

monochromatic

#31275F #48398B #5F4CB5 #8677C7 #ACA3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#5F4CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#5F4CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F4CB5

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F4CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F4CB5	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#436479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f4cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 76, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.160 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#937fcc',
    500: '#5f4cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f4cb5;
$custom-light: #937fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f4cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.857,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49271,
    "c": 0.15952,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F4CB5

secondary

#BDC697

accent

#D156BB

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EEF9

border

#CCC9D2

text

#0E0A13

muted

#7E7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F4CB5

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

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