#5840BB#5840BB

#5840BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.184 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5840BB
RGB	rgb(88, 64, 187)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 65.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.61, 42.38, -61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.61, 74.72, 304.56°)
OKLab	oklab(47.17% 0.0505 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(47.17% 0.184 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8249, 9.3286, 48.0235)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.85

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5840BB #A3BB40

analogous

#4066BB #5840BB #9640BB

triadic

#5840BB #BB5840 #40BB58

tetradic

#5840BB #BB4066 #A3BB40 #40BB96

square

#5840BB #BB4066 #A3BB40 #40BB96

split-complementary

#5840BB #BB9640 #66BB40

monochromatic

#2D2160 #43308D #5840BB #7F6CCD #A699DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#5840BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#5840BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5840BB

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5840BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5840BB	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5840bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 64, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.184 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9076d0',
    500: '#5840bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5840bb;
$custom-light: #9076d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5840bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.707,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47166,
    "c": 0.18372,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5840BB

secondary

#BDC88F

accent

#D94FBE

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5840BB

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

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