#5A40C7#5A40C7

#5A40C7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.198 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40C7
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 199)
HSL	hsl(252, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 67.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, 46.31, -66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 81.16, 304.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.0516 -0.1916)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.198 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3555, 9.9630, 55.0830)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.28

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A40C7 #ADC740

analogous

#406AC7 #5A40C7 #9E40C7

triadic

#5A40C7 #C75A40 #40C75A

tetradic

#5A40C7 #C7406A #ADC740 #40C79E

square

#5A40C7 #C7406A #ADC740 #40C79E

split-complementary

#5A40C7 #C79E40 #6AC740

monochromatic

#2F206D #432E9C #5A40C7 #836FD5 #AC9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#5A40C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#5A40C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40C7

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40C7	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29637E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.198 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9377d9',
    500: '#5a40c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40c7;
$custom-light: #9377d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48356,
    "c": 0.19841,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40C7

secondary

#C4CF94

accent

#DE4AC1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40C7

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

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