#5A40BC#5A40BC

#5A40BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.185 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40BC
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.87, 43.04, -61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.87, 75.21, 304.90°)
OKLab	oklab(47.43% 0.0531 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(47.43% 0.185 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.1243, 9.4705, 48.5983)
Luminance	0.0947 (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

#5A40BC #A2BC40

analogous

#4064BC #5A40BC #9840BC

triadic

#5A40BC #BC5A40 #40BC5A

tetradic

#5A40BC #BC4064 #A2BC40 #40BC98

square

#5A40BC #BC4064 #A2BC40 #40BC98

split-complementary

#5A40BC #BC9840 #64BC40

monochromatic

#2E2161 #44308E #5A40BC #806CCD #A89ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#5A40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5A40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40BC

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40BC	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#345F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.185 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9176d1',
    500: '#5a40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40bc;
$custom-light: #9176d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.581,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47427,
    "c": 0.18481,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40BC

secondary

#BDC98F

accent

#D94FBC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40BC

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

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