#5740BA#5740BA

#5740BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.183 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5740BA
RGB	rgb(87, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 65.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.44, 41.90, -61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.44, 74.19, 304.39°)
OKLab	oklab(46.99% 0.0492 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(46.99% 0.183 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6241, 9.2374, 47.4573)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.66

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5740BA #A3BA40

analogous

#4066BA #5740BA #9440BA

triadic

#5740BA #BA5740 #40BA57

tetradic

#5740BA #BA4066 #A3BA40 #40BA94

square

#5740BA #BA4066 #A3BA40 #40BA94

split-complementary

#5740BA #BA9440 #66BA40

monochromatic

#2C215F #42308C #5740BA #7D6BCC #A599DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#5740BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5740BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5740BA

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5740BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5740BA	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5740ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.183 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f76d0',
    500: '#5740ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5740ba;
$custom-light: #8f76d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5740ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.311,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46994,
    "c": 0.18255,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5740BA

secondary

#BDC88E

accent

#D84FBF

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5740BA

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

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