#5940C8#5940C8

#5940C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.200 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5940C8
RGB	rgb(89, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(251, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.77, 46.45, -67.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.77, 81.72, 304.64°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.05 -0.1934)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.2 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3754, 9.9598, 55.6919)
Luminance	0.0996 (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

#5940C8 #AFC840

analogous

#406BC8 #5940C8 #9D40C8

triadic

#5940C8 #C85940 #40C859

tetradic

#5940C8 #C8406B #AFC840 #40C89D

square

#5940C8 #C8406B #AFC840 #40C89D

split-complementary

#5940C8 #C89D40 #6BC840

monochromatic

#2E206E #422D9D #5940C8 #8270D6 #AC9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#5940C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#5940C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5940C8

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5940C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5940C8	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5940c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.200 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9377da',
    500: '#5940c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5940c8;
$custom-light: #9377da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5940c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.029,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48356,
    "c": 0.19974,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5940C8

secondary

#C5D094

accent

#DF49C3

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5940C8

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

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