#5840BD#5840BD

#5840BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.186 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5840BD
RGB	rgb(88, 64, 189)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 66.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.77, 42.98, -62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.77, 75.81, 304.54°)
OKLab	oklab(47.33% 0.0502 -0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(47.33% 0.186 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0405, 9.4148, 49.1590)
Luminance	0.0942 (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

#5840BD #A5BD40

analogous

#4067BD #5840BD #9740BD

triadic

#5840BD #BD5840 #40BD58

tetradic

#5840BD #BD4067 #A5BD40 #40BD97

square

#5840BD #BD4067 #A5BD40 #40BD97

split-complementary

#5840BD #BD9740 #67BD40

monochromatic

#2D2162 #43318F #5840BD #7F6DCD #A79ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#5840BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5840BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5840BD

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5840BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5840BD	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5840bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 64, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.186 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9076d2',
    500: '#5840bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5840bd;
$custom-light: #9076d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5840bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.52,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47333,
    "c": 0.18623,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5840BD

secondary

#BEC990

accent

#D94FBE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5840BD

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

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