#5A40D0#5A40D0

#5A40D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.209 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40D0
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 208)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 69.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.54, 48.99, -70.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.54, 85.95, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(49.14% 0.0501 -0.2032)
OKLCH	oklch(49.14% 0.209 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4315, 10.3934, 60.7499)
Luminance	0.1040 (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

#5A40D0 #B6D040

analogous

#406ED0 #5A40D0 #A240D0

triadic

#5A40D0 #D05A40 #40D05A

tetradic

#5A40D0 #D0406E #B6D040 #40D0A2

square

#5A40D0 #D0406E #B6D040 #40D0A2

split-complementary

#5A40D0 #D0A240 #6ED040

monochromatic

#2E1E78 #412AA9 #5A40D0 #8471DC #AFA2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#5A40D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#5A40D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40D0

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40D0	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C6683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.209 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9477e0',
    500: '#5a40d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40d0;
$custom-light: #9477e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.833,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49138,
    "c": 0.20932,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40D0

secondary

#CAD597

accent

#E444C7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40D0

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

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