#5A40DD#5A40DD

#5A40DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.225 H 282.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40DD
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(250, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.68, 52.85, -76.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.68, 92.75, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.3% 0.0477 -0.2196)
OKLCH	oklch(50.3% 0.225 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0969, 11.0596, 69.5210)
Luminance	0.1106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A40DD #C3DD40

analogous

#4074DD #5A40DD #A840DD

triadic

#5A40DD #DD5A40 #40DD5A

tetradic

#5A40DD #DD4074 #C3DD40 #40DDA8

square

#5A40DD #DD4074 #C3DD40 #40DDA8

split-complementary

#5A40DD #DDA840 #74DD40

monochromatic

#2B198A #3C22BE #5A40DD #8774E6 #B4A8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#5A40DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#5A40DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40DD

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40DD	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.225 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9778e9',
    500: '#5a40dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40dd;
$custom-light: #9778e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.936,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50301,
    "c": 0.22477,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40DD

secondary

#D2DD9C

accent

#ED3BCF

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFD

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40DD

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

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