#5940BE#5940BE

#5940BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.187 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5940BE
RGB	rgb(89, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, 43.46, -62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 76.33, 304.71°)
OKLab	oklab(47.51% 0.0515 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(47.51% 0.187 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2447, 9.5075, 49.7371)
Luminance	0.0951 (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

#5940BE #A5BE40

analogous

#4066BE #5940BE #9840BE

triadic

#5940BE #BE5940 #40BE59

tetradic

#5940BE #BE4066 #A5BE40 #40BE98

square

#5940BE #BE4066 #A5BE40 #40BE98

split-complementary

#5940BE #BE9840 #66BE40

monochromatic

#2E2162 #443190 #5940BE #806DCE #A89BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#5940BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#5940BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5940BE

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5940BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5940BE	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)

#005AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#306079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5940be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.187 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9176d3',
    500: '#5940be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5940be;
$custom-light: #9176d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5940be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.905,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47505,
    "c": 0.18739,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5940BE

secondary

#BEC990

accent

#D94FBE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5940BE

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

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