#5B40BE#5B40BE

#5B40BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.187 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B40BE
RGB	rgb(91, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.13, 43.81, -62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.13, 76.27, 305.06°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% 0.0542 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.187 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4393, 9.6079, 49.7462)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.69

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B40BE #A3BE40

analogous

#4064BE #5B40BE #9A40BE

triadic

#5B40BE #BE5B40 #40BE5B

tetradic

#5B40BE #BE4064 #A3BE40 #40BE9A

square

#5B40BE #BE4064 #A3BE40 #40BE9A

split-complementary

#5B40BE #BE9A40 #64BE40

monochromatic

#2F2162 #453190 #5B40BE #826DCE #A99BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#5B40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5B40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B40BE

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B40BE	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.187 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9277d3',
    500: '#5b40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b40be;
$custom-light: #9277d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47684,
    "c": 0.18723,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B40BE

secondary

#BDC990

accent

#D94FBB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B40BE

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

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