#5A40CE#5A40CE

#5A40CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.207 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40CE
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.37, 48.40, -69.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.37, 84.89, 304.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.96% 0.0504 -0.2007)
OKLCH	oklch(48.96% 0.207 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1870, 10.2956, 59.4622)
Luminance	0.1030 (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

#5A40CE #B4CE40

analogous

#406DCE #5A40CE #A140CE

triadic

#5A40CE #CE5A40 #40CE5A

tetradic

#5A40CE #CE406D #B4CE40 #40CEA1

square

#5A40CE #CE406D #B4CE40 #40CEA1

split-complementary

#5A40CE #CEA140 #6DCE40

monochromatic

#2E1E75 #412BA6 #5A40CE #8471DA #AEA1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#5A40CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#5A40CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40CE

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40CE	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#206582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.207 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9477de',
    500: '#5a40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40ce;
$custom-light: #9477de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.986,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48963,
    "c": 0.20691,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40CE

secondary

#C8D496

accent

#E245C6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40CE

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

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