#5040D9#5040D9

#5040D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.222 H 279.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5040D9
RGB	rgb(80, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(246, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(246, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.52, 50.34, -75.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.52, 91.05, 303.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.16% 0.0352 -0.2189)
OKLCH	oklch(49.16% 0.222 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6620, 10.3806, 66.7051)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.55

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5040D9 #C9D940

analogous

#407CD9 #5040D9 #9D40D9

triadic

#5040D9 #D95040 #40D950

tetradic

#5040D9 #D9407C #C9D940 #40D99D

square

#5040D9 #D9407C #C9D940 #40D99D

split-complementary

#5040D9 #D99D40 #7CD940

monochromatic

#251A84 #3424B7 #5040D9 #7F73E3 #AEA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#5040D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#5040D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5040D9

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5040D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5040D9	1.00	6.83	3.08	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5040d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.222 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9177e6',
    500: '#5040d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5040d9;
$custom-light: #9177e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5040d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.275,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49161,
    "c": 0.22171,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5040D9

secondary

#D4DA9A

accent

#EA3ED8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5040D9

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

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