#5940E1#5940E1

#5940E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.230 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5940E1
RGB	rgb(89, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(249, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(249, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.96, 53.90, -78.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.96, 94.85, 304.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.59% 0.0456 -0.225)
OKLCH	oklch(50.59% 0.23 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5396, 11.2255, 72.3566)
Luminance	0.1123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5940E1 #C8E140

analogous

#4078E1 #5940E1 #AA40E1

triadic

#5940E1 #E15940 #40E159

tetradic

#5940E1 #E14078 #C8E140 #40E1AA

square

#5940E1 #E14078 #C8E140 #40E1AA

split-complementary

#5940E1 #E1AA40 #78E140

monochromatic

#291790 #391FC5 #5940E1 #8775E9 #B5AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#5940E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#5940E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5940E1

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5940E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5940E1	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5940e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.230 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9778ec',
    500: '#5940e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5940e1;
$custom-light: #9778ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5940e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.317,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50587,
    "c": 0.22961,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5940E1

secondary

#D5DF9D

accent

#F038D3

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFD

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5940E1

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

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