#5B40BF#5B40BF

#5B40BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.188 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B40BF
RGB	rgb(91, 64, 191)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 66.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.21, 44.11, -62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.21, 76.82, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% 0.0541 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.188 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5490, 9.6517, 50.3238)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.59

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B40BF #A4BF40

analogous

#4064BF #5B40BF #9B40BF

triadic

#5B40BF #BF5B40 #40BF5B

tetradic

#5B40BF #BF4064 #A4BF40 #40BF9B

square

#5B40BF #BF4064 #A4BF40 #40BF9B

split-complementary

#5B40BF #BF9B40 #64BF40

monochromatic

#2F2163 #453191 #5B40BF #826ECE #AA9CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#5B40BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#5B40BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B40BF

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B40BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B40BF	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34607A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b40bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 64, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.188 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9277d3',
    500: '#5b40bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b40bf;
$custom-light: #9277d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b40bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.756,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47767,
    "c": 0.18848,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B40BF

secondary

#BECA91

accent

#D94EBC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B40BF

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

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