#5940C9#5940C9

#5940C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.201 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5940C9
RGB	rgb(89, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, 46.75, -67.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 82.26, 304.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48.44% 0.0499 -0.1947)
OKLCH	oklch(48.44% 0.201 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4926, 10.0067, 56.3094)
Luminance	0.1001 (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

#5940C9 #B0C940

analogous

#406CC9 #5940C9 #9E40C9

triadic

#5940C9 #C95940 #40C959

tetradic

#5940C9 #C9406C #B0C940 #40C99E

square

#5940C9 #C9406C #B0C940 #40C99E

split-complementary

#5940C9 #C99E40 #6CC940

monochromatic

#2E1F6F #422D9F #5940C9 #8270D6 #AC9FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#5940C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#5940C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5940C9

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5940C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5940C9	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5940c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.201 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9377da',
    500: '#5940c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5940c9;
$custom-light: #9377da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5940c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.949,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48442,
    "c": 0.20096,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5940C9

secondary

#C5D094

accent

#DF49C4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5940C9

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

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