#5A40D9#5A40D9

#5A40D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.220 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40D9
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(250, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.33, 51.66, -74.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.33, 90.67, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.0485 -0.2146)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.22 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5703, 10.8490, 66.7477)
Luminance	0.1085 (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

#5A40D9 #BFD940

analogous

#4073D9 #5A40D9 #A640D9

triadic

#5A40D9 #D95A40 #40D95A

tetradic

#5A40D9 #D94073 #BFD940 #40D9A6

square

#5A40D9 #D94073 #BFD940 #40D9A6

split-complementary

#5A40D9 #D9A640 #73D940

monochromatic

#2C1A84 #3D24B7 #5A40D9 #8673E3 #B2A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#5A40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#5A40D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40D9

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40D9	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#016988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.220 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9677e6',
    500: '#5a40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40d9;
$custom-light: #9677e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.196,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49939,
    "c": 0.22005,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40D9

secondary

#D0DA9A

accent

#EA3ECD

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFD

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40D9

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

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