#5840BE#5840BE

#5840BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.187 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5840BE
RGB	rgb(88, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.85, 43.28, -62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.85, 76.35, 304.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% 0.0501 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.187 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1494, 9.4584, 49.7326)
Luminance	0.0946 (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

#5840BE #A6BE40

analogous

#4067BE #5840BE #9740BE

triadic

#5840BE #BE5840 #40BE58

tetradic

#5840BE #BE4067 #A6BE40 #40BE97

square

#5840BE #BE4067 #A6BE40 #40BE97

split-complementary

#5840BE #BE9740 #67BE40

monochromatic

#2E2162 #433190 #5840BE #806DCE #A89BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#5840BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5840BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5840BE

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5840BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5840BE	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D6079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5840be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.187 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9176d3',
    500: '#5840be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5840be;
$custom-light: #9176d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5840be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47417,
    "c": 0.18749,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5840BE

secondary

#BFC990

accent

#D94FBF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5840BE

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

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