#5940BB#5940BB

#5940BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.184 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5940BB
RGB	rgb(89, 64, 187)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 65.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.70, 42.56, -61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.70, 74.69, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(47.26% 0.0518 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(47.26% 0.184 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9202, 9.3777, 48.0280)
Luminance	0.0938 (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

#5940BB #A2BB40

analogous

#4065BB #5940BB #9740BB

triadic

#5940BB #BB5940 #40BB59

tetradic

#5940BB #BB4065 #A2BB40 #40BB97

square

#5940BB #BB4065 #A2BB40 #40BB97

split-complementary

#5940BB #BB9740 #65BB40

monochromatic

#2E2160 #43308D #5940BB #7F6CCD #A799DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#5940BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5940BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5940BB

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5940BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5940BB	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5940bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 64, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.184 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9176d0',
    500: '#5940bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5940bb;
$custom-light: #9176d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5940bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.195,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47255,
    "c": 0.18364,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5940BB

secondary

#BCC88F

accent

#D94FBD

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5940BB

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

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