#5A40CF#5A40CF

#5A40CF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.208 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40CF
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 207)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 69.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.45, 48.70, -70.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.45, 85.42, 304.76°)
OKLab	oklab(49.05% 0.0503 -0.202)
OKLCH	oklch(49.05% 0.208 284)
XYZ	xyz(17.3089, 10.3444, 60.1040)
Luminance	0.1035 (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

#5A40CF #B5CF40

analogous

#406DCF #5A40CF #A140CF

triadic

#5A40CF #CF5A40 #40CF5A

tetradic

#5A40CF #CF406D #B5CF40 #40CFA1

square

#5A40CF #CF406D #B5CF40 #40CFA1

split-complementary

#5A40CF #CFA140 #6DCF40

monochromatic

#2E1E77 #412AA8 #5A40CF #8471DB #AFA2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#5A40CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#5A40CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40CF

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40CF	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E6683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.208 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9477df',
    500: '#5a40cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40cf;
$custom-light: #9477df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4905,
    "c": 0.20812,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.10345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40CF

secondary

#C9D497

accent

#E345C6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40CF

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

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