#5040DE#5040DE

#5040DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.228 H 278.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5040DE
RGB	rgb(80, 64, 222)
HSL	hsl(246, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(246, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 71.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.98, 51.87, -77.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.98, 93.66, 303.63°)
OKLab	oklab(49.63% 0.0342 -0.2251)
OKLCH	oklch(49.63% 0.228 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3222, 10.6447, 70.1822)
Luminance	0.1065 (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

#5040DE #CEDE40

analogous

#407FDE #5040DE #9F40DE

triadic

#5040DE #DE5040 #40DE50

tetradic

#5040DE #DE407F #CEDE40 #40DE9F

square

#5040DE #DE407F #CEDE40 #40DE9F

split-complementary

#5040DE #DE9F40 #7FDE40

monochromatic

#24188B #3121C0 #5040DE #8074E7 #B0A8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#5040DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#5040DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5040DE

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5040DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5040DE	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5040de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 64, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.228 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9277ea',
    500: '#5040de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5040de;
$custom-light: #9277ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5040de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.076,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49627,
    "c": 0.22767,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5040DE

secondary

#D7DE9C

accent

#ED3ADB

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5040DE

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

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