#5240C8#5240C8

#5240C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.201 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5240C8
RGB	rgb(82, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(248, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(248, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, 45.37, -68.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 81.95, 303.61°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.0406 -0.1965)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.201 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.7351, 9.6297, 55.6619)
Luminance	0.0963 (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

#5240C8 #B6C840

analogous

#4072C8 #5240C8 #9640C8

triadic

#5240C8 #C85240 #40C852

tetradic

#5240C8 #C84072 #B6C840 #40C896

square

#5240C8 #C84072 #B6C840 #40C896

split-complementary

#5240C8 #C89640 #72C840

monochromatic

#2A206E #3C2D9D #5240C8 #7D70D6 #A89FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#5240C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#5240C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5240C8

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5240C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5240C8	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5240c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.201 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f76da',
    500: '#5240c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5240c8;
$custom-light: #8f76da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5240c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.941,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47776,
    "c": 0.20068,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5240C8

secondary

#C8D094

accent

#DF49CB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5240C8

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

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