#5040C8#5040C8

#5040C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.201 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5040C8
RGB	rgb(80, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(247, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(247, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.01, 45.07, -68.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.01, 82.01, 303.34°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% 0.0379 -0.1974)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.201 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5637, 9.5413, 55.6539)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5040C8 #B8C840

analogous

#4074C8 #5040C8 #9440C8

triadic

#5040C8 #C85040 #40C850

tetradic

#5040C8 #C84074 #B8C840 #40C894

square

#5040C8 #C84074 #B8C840 #40C894

split-complementary

#5040C8 #C89440 #74C840

monochromatic

#29206E #3B2D9D #5040C8 #7C70D6 #A79FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#5040C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5040C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5040C8

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5040C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5040C8	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5040c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.201 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e76da',
    500: '#5040c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5040c8;
$custom-light: #8e76da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5040c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.059,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47618,
    "c": 0.20101,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5040C8

secondary

#C9D094

accent

#DF49CD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5040C8

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

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