#5940BF#5940BF

#5940BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.189 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5940BF
RGB	rgb(89, 64, 191)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 66.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.02, 43.76, -63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.02, 76.87, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% 0.0513 -0.1815)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.189 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3544, 9.5514, 50.3147)
Luminance	0.0955 (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

#5940BF #A6BF40

analogous

#4067BF #5940BF #9840BF

triadic

#5940BF #BF5940 #40BF59

tetradic

#5940BF #BF4067 #A6BF40 #40BF98

square

#5940BF #BF4067 #A6BF40 #40BF98

split-complementary

#5940BF #BF9840 #67BF40

monochromatic

#2E2163 #443191 #5940BF #816ECE #A99CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#5940BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5940BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5940BF

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5940BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5940BF	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F607A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5940bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 64, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.189 285.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5940bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.811,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47589,
    "c": 0.18864,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5940BF

secondary

#BFCA91

accent

#D94EBE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5940BF

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

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