#5B40D5#5B40D5

#5B40D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.215 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B40D5
RGB	rgb(91, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.06, 50.62, -72.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.06, 88.54, 304.87°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% 0.0506 -0.2091)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.215 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1543, 10.6939, 64.0454)
Luminance	0.1070 (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

#5B40D5 #BAD540

analogous

#4070D5 #5B40D5 #A540D5

triadic

#5B40D5 #D55B40 #40D55B

tetradic

#5B40D5 #D54070 #BAD540 #40D5A5

square

#5B40D5 #D54070 #BAD540 #40D5A5

split-complementary

#5B40D5 #D5A540 #70D540

monochromatic

#2E1C7F #4027B1 #5B40D5 #8672E0 #B1A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#5B40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#5B40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B40D5

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B40D5	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#176886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.215 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9677e3',
    500: '#5b40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b40d5;
$custom-light: #9677e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.872,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49664,
    "c": 0.21518,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B40D5

secondary

#CDD899

accent

#E741C9

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B40D5

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

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