#5A40BE#5A40BE

#5A40BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.187 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40BE
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.04, 43.63, -62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.04, 76.30, 304.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% 0.0528 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.187 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3413, 9.5574, 49.7416)
Luminance	0.0956 (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

#5A40BE #A4BE40

analogous

#4065BE #5A40BE #9940BE

triadic

#5A40BE #BE5A40 #40BE5A

tetradic

#5A40BE #BE4065 #A4BE40 #40BE99

square

#5A40BE #BE4065 #A4BE40 #40BE99

split-complementary

#5A40BE #BE9940 #65BE40

monochromatic

#2F2162 #443190 #5A40BE #816DCE #A99BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#5A40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5A40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40BE

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40BE	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#326079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.187 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9277d3',
    500: '#5a40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40be;
$custom-light: #9277d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.381,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47594,
    "c": 0.18731,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40BE

secondary

#BEC990

accent

#D94FBD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40BE

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

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