#5540C8#5540C8

#5540C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.200 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5540C8
RGB	rgb(85, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(249, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(249, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.42, 45.82, -67.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.42, 81.85, 304.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% 0.0446 -0.1952)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.2 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0018, 9.7672, 55.6744)
Luminance	0.0977 (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

#5540C8 #B3C840

analogous

#406FC8 #5540C8 #9940C8

triadic

#5540C8 #C85540 #40C855

tetradic

#5540C8 #C8406F #B3C840 #40C899

square

#5540C8 #C8406F #B3C840 #40C899

split-complementary

#5540C8 #C89940 #6FC840

monochromatic

#2C206E #3F2D9D #5540C8 #7F70D6 #AA9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#5540C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#5540C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5540C8

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5540C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5540C8	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5540c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.200 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9177da',
    500: '#5540c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5540c8;
$custom-light: #9177da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5540c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.265,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48019,
    "c": 0.20024,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5540C8

secondary

#C7D094

accent

#DF49C8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5540C8

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

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