#5A40D3#5A40D3

#5A40D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.213 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40D3
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(251, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.80, 49.88, -71.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.80, 87.53, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(49.4% 0.0496 -0.2071)
OKLCH	oklch(49.4% 0.213 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8041, 10.5425, 62.7121)
Luminance	0.1054 (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

#5A40D3 #B9D340

analogous

#4070D3 #5A40D3 #A440D3

triadic

#5A40D3 #D35A40 #40D35A

tetradic

#5A40D3 #D34070 #B9D340 #40D3A4

square

#5A40D3 #D34070 #B9D340 #40D3A4

split-complementary

#5A40D3 #D3A440 #70D340

monochromatic

#2D1D7C #4028AE #5A40D3 #8572DE #B0A3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#5A40D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#5A40D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40D3

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40D3	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#166785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.213 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9577e2',
    500: '#5a40d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40d3;
$custom-light: #9577e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.612,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49403,
    "c": 0.21292,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40D3

secondary

#CCD798

accent

#E642C9

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0915

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40D3

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

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