#5A40CB#5A40CB

#5A40CB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.203 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40CB
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 203)
HSL	hsl(251, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 68.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.11, 47.51, -68.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.11, 83.29, 304.77°)
OKLab	oklab(48.7% 0.0509 -0.1968)
OKLCH	oklch(48.7% 0.203 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8261, 10.1513, 57.5611)
Luminance	0.1015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.37

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A40CB #B1CB40

analogous

#406CCB #5A40CB #A040CB

triadic

#5A40CB #CB5A40 #40CB5A

tetradic

#5A40CB #CB406C #B1CB40 #40CBA0

square

#5A40CB #CB406C #B1CB40 #40CBA0

split-complementary

#5A40CB #CBA040 #6CCB40

monochromatic

#2E1F72 #422CA2 #5A40CB #8470D8 #ADA0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#5A40CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#5A40CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40CB

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40CB	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#246480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.203 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9477dc',
    500: '#5a40cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40cb;
$custom-light: #9477dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.223,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48701,
    "c": 0.20328,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40CB

secondary

#C6D295

accent

#E047C4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40CB

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

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