#5A40BB#5A40BB

#5A40BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.184 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40BB
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 187)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 65.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.79, 42.74, -61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.79, 74.67, 304.92°)
OKLab	oklab(47.35% 0.0532 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(47.35% 0.184 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0168, 9.4276, 48.0325)
Luminance	0.0943 (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

#5A40BB #A1BB40

analogous

#4064BB #5A40BB #9840BB

triadic

#5A40BB #BB5A40 #40BB5A

tetradic

#5A40BB #BB4064 #A1BB40 #40BB98

square

#5A40BB #BB4064 #A1BB40 #40BB98

split-complementary

#5A40BB #BB9840 #64BB40

monochromatic

#2E2160 #44308D #5A40BB #806CCD #A799DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#5A40BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5A40BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40BB

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40BB	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.184 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9176d0',
    500: '#5a40bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40bb;
$custom-light: #9176d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.683,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47345,
    "c": 0.18356,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40BB

secondary

#BCC88F

accent

#D94FBC

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40BB

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

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