#5840BC#5840BC

#5840BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.185 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5840BC
RGB	rgb(88, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.69, 42.68, -61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.69, 75.26, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(47.25% 0.0504 -0.178)
OKLCH	oklch(47.25% 0.185 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9323, 9.3715, 48.5893)
Luminance	0.0937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5840BC #A4BC40

analogous

#4066BC #5840BC #9640BC

triadic

#5840BC #BC5840 #40BC58

tetradic

#5840BC #BC4066 #A4BC40 #40BC96

square

#5840BC #BC4066 #A4BC40 #40BC96

split-complementary

#5840BC #BC9640 #66BC40

monochromatic

#2D2161 #43308E #5840BC #7F6CCD #A79ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#5840BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#5840BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5840BC

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5840BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5840BC	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5840bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.185 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9076d1',
    500: '#5840bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5840bc;
$custom-light: #9076d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5840bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.613,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47249,
    "c": 0.18498,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5840BC

secondary

#BDC98F

accent

#D94FBE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5840BC

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

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