#5B40C8#5B40C8

#5B40C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.200 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B40C8
RGB	rgb(91, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(252, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.95, 46.77, -66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.95, 81.66, 304.94°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.0528 -0.1924)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.2 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5700, 10.0601, 55.7011)
Luminance	0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.13

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B40C8 #ADC840

analogous

#4069C8 #5B40C8 #9F40C8

triadic

#5B40C8 #C85B40 #40C85B

tetradic

#5B40C8 #C84069 #ADC840 #40C89F

square

#5B40C8 #C84069 #ADC840 #40C89F

split-complementary

#5B40C8 #C89F40 #69C840

monochromatic

#2F206E #442D9D #5B40C8 #8470D6 #AD9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#5B40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#5B40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B40C8

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B40C8	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.200 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9477da',
    500: '#5b40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b40c8;
$custom-light: #9477da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.912,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48529,
    "c": 0.19953,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B40C8

secondary

#C4D094

accent

#DF49C1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B40C8

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

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