#5840C8#5840C8

#5840C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.200 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5840C8
RGB	rgb(88, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(251, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.68, 46.29, -67.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.68, 81.76, 304.49°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.0487 -0.1938)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.2 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2800, 9.9107, 55.6875)
Luminance	0.0991 (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

#5840C8 #B0C840

analogous

#406CC8 #5840C8 #9C40C8

triadic

#5840C8 #C85840 #40C858

tetradic

#5840C8 #C8406C #B0C840 #40C89C

square

#5840C8 #C8406C #B0C840 #40C89C

split-complementary

#5840C8 #C89C40 #6CC840

monochromatic

#2D206E #412D9D #5840C8 #8270D6 #AB9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#5840C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#5840C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5840C8

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5840C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5840C8	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5840c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.200 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9277da',
    500: '#5840c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5840c8;
$custom-light: #9277da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5840c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4827,
    "c": 0.19986,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5840C8

secondary

#C5D094

accent

#DF49C4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5840C8

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

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