#5A40BA#5A40BA

#5A40BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.182 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40BA
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 65.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.72, 42.44, -60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.72, 74.12, 304.93°)
OKLab	oklab(47.26% 0.0533 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(47.26% 0.182 287)
XYZ	xyz(14.9102, 9.3849, 47.4707)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.09

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A40BA #A0BA40

analogous

#4063BA #5A40BA #9740BA

triadic

#5A40BA #BA5A40 #40BA5A

tetradic

#5A40BA #BA4063 #A0BA40 #40BA97

square

#5A40BA #BA4063 #A0BA40 #40BA97

split-complementary

#5A40BA #BA9740 #63BA40

monochromatic

#2E215F #44308C #5A40BA #806BCC #A799DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#5A40BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5A40BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40BA

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40BA	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.182 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9176d0',
    500: '#5a40ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40ba;
$custom-light: #9176d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.787,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47262,
    "c": 0.18231,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.09386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40BA

secondary

#BBC88E

accent

#D84FBB

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40BA

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

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