#5B40D4#5B40D4

#5B40D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.214 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B40D4
RGB	rgb(91, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(251, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.97, 50.33, -72.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.97, 88.02, 304.87°)
OKLab	oklab(49.58% 0.0508 -0.2079)
OKLCH	oklch(49.58% 0.214 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0278, 10.6433, 63.3790)
Luminance	0.1064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B40D4 #B9D440

analogous

#406FD4 #5B40D4 #A540D4

triadic

#5B40D4 #D45B40 #40D45B

tetradic

#5B40D4 #D4406F #B9D440 #40D4A5

square

#5B40D4 #D4406F #B9D440 #40D4A5

split-complementary

#5B40D4 #D4A540 #6FD440

monochromatic

#2E1C7D #4027AF #5B40D4 #8672DF #B1A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#5B40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#5B40D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B40D4

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B40D4	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#196785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.214 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9677e2',
    500: '#5b40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b40d4;
$custom-light: #9677e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.946,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49576,
    "c": 0.21399,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B40D4

secondary

#CCD798

accent

#E642C8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B40D4

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

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