#5040D7#5040D7

#5040D7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.219 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5040D7
RGB	rgb(80, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(246, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(246, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.34, 49.72, -75.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.34, 90.00, 303.54°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% 0.0355 -0.2164)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.219 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4035, 10.2772, 65.3434)
Luminance	0.1028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.38

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5040D7 #C7D740

analogous

#407BD7 #5040D7 #9C40D7

triadic

#5040D7 #D75040 #40D750

tetradic

#5040D7 #D7407B #C7D740 #40D79C

square

#5040D7 #D7407B #C7D740 #40D79C

split-complementary

#5040D7 #D79C40 #7BD740

monochromatic

#261B81 #3526B4 #5040D7 #7E73E2 #ADA5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#5040D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#5040D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5040D7

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5040D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5040D7	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5040d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.219 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9177e5',
    500: '#5040d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5040d7;
$custom-light: #9177e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5040d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.358,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48977,
    "c": 0.21931,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5040D7

secondary

#D2D99A

accent

#E83FD6

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5040D7

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

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