#5140C8#5140C8

#5140C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.201 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5140C8
RGB	rgb(81, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(248, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(248, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.09, 45.22, -68.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.09, 81.98, 303.47°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.0392 -0.197)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.201 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6488, 9.5852, 55.6579)
Luminance	0.0959 (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

#5140C8 #B7C840

analogous

#4073C8 #5140C8 #9540C8

triadic

#5140C8 #C85140 #40C851

tetradic

#5140C8 #C84073 #B7C840 #40C895

square

#5140C8 #C84073 #B7C840 #40C895

split-complementary

#5140C8 #C89540 #73C840

monochromatic

#29206E #3B2D9D #5140C8 #7C70D6 #A89FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#5140C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5140C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5140C8

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5140C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5140C8	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	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: #5140c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.201 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e76da',
    500: '#5140c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5140c8;
$custom-light: #8e76da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5140c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47696,
    "c": 0.20084,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5140C8

secondary

#C8D094

accent

#DF49CC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5140C8

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

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