#5A40E1#5A40E1

#5A40E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.229 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A40E1
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(250, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.04, 54.03, -77.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.04, 94.81, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.67% 0.0469 -0.2246)
OKLCH	oklch(50.67% 0.229 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6362, 11.2753, 72.3612)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A40E1 #C7E140

analogous

#4077E1 #5A40E1 #AA40E1

triadic

#5A40E1 #E15A40 #40E15A

tetradic

#5A40E1 #E14077 #C7E140 #40E1AA

square

#5A40E1 #E14077 #C7E140 #40E1AA

split-complementary

#5A40E1 #E1AA40 #77E140

monochromatic

#2A1790 #3A1FC5 #5A40E1 #8875E9 #B5AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#5A40E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#5A40E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A40E1

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A40E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A40E1	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a40e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.229 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9778ec',
    500: '#5a40e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a40e1;
$custom-light: #9778ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a40e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.689,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50666,
    "c": 0.22945,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A40E1

secondary

#D5DF9D

accent

#F038D2

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A40E1

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

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