#5840BF#5840BF

#5840BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.189 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5840BF
RGB	rgb(88, 64, 191)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 66.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, 43.58, -63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 76.90, 304.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.5% 0.05 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(47.5% 0.189 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2590, 9.5023, 50.3102)
Luminance	0.0950 (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

#5840BF #A7BF40

analogous

#4067BF #5840BF #9840BF

triadic

#5840BF #BF5840 #40BF58

tetradic

#5840BF #BF4067 #A7BF40 #40BF98

square

#5840BF #BF4067 #A7BF40 #40BF98

split-complementary

#5840BF #BF9840 #67BF40

monochromatic

#2E2163 #433191 #5840BF #806ECE #A89CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#5840BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#5840BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5840BF

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5840BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5840BF	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C607A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5840bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 64, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.189 285.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5840bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.339,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47501,
    "c": 0.18873,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5840BF

secondary

#BFCA91

accent

#D94EBF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5840BF

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

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