#5A40D2#5A40D2

#5A40D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.212 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40D2
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(251, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.71, 49.59, -71.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.71, 87.00, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(49.32% 0.0497 -0.2058)
OKLCH	oklch(49.32% 0.212 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6791, 10.4925, 62.0539)
Luminance	0.1049 (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

#5A40D2 #B8D240

analogous

#406FD2 #5A40D2 #A340D2

triadic

#5A40D2 #D25A40 #40D25A

tetradic

#5A40D2 #D2406F #B8D240 #40D2A3

square

#5A40D2 #D2406F #B8D240 #40D2A3

split-complementary

#5A40D2 #D2A340 #6FD240

monochromatic

#2E1D7B #4029AC #5A40D2 #8572DE #B0A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#5A40D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#5A40D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40D2

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40D2	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#186784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.212 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9577e1',
    500: '#5a40d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40d2;
$custom-light: #9577e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.685,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49315,
    "c": 0.21173,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40D2

secondary

#CBD698

accent

#E543C8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40D2

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

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