#5A40BF#5A40BF

#5A40BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.189 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40BF
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 191)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 66.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 43.93, -63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 76.84, 304.87°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% 0.0527 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.189 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4510, 9.6012, 50.3192)
Luminance	0.0960 (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

#5A40BF #A5BF40

analogous

#4066BF #5A40BF #9940BF

triadic

#5A40BF #BF5A40 #40BF5A

tetradic

#5A40BF #BF4066 #A5BF40 #40BF99

square

#5A40BF #BF4066 #A5BF40 #40BF99

split-complementary

#5A40BF #BF9940 #66BF40

monochromatic

#2F2163 #443191 #5A40BF #826ECE #A99CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#5A40BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5A40BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40BF

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40BF	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31607A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.189 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9277d3',
    500: '#5a40bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40bf;
$custom-light: #9277d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.283,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47677,
    "c": 0.18854,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40BF

secondary

#BECA91

accent

#D94EBD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40BF

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

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