#5B40D7#5B40D7

#5B40D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.218 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B40D7
RGB	rgb(91, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.23, 51.21, -73.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.23, 89.59, 304.87°)
OKLab	oklab(49.84% 0.0502 -0.2117)
OKLCH	oklch(49.84% 0.218 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4097, 10.7961, 65.3906)
Luminance	0.1080 (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

#5B40D7 #BCD740

analogous

#4071D7 #5B40D7 #A640D7

triadic

#5B40D7 #D75B40 #40D75B

tetradic

#5B40D7 #D74071 #BCD740 #40D7A6

square

#5B40D7 #D74071 #BCD740 #40D7A6

split-complementary

#5B40D7 #D7A640 #71D740

monochromatic

#2D1B81 #3F26B4 #5B40D7 #8673E2 #B2A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#5B40D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#5B40D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B40D7

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B40D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B40D7	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#126887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b40d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.218 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9677e5',
    500: '#5b40d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b40d7;
$custom-light: #9677e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b40d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.728,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49843,
    "c": 0.21755,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B40D7

secondary

#CED99A

accent

#E83FCA

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B40D7

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

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