#5B40D8#5B40D8

#5B40D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.219 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B40D8
RGB	rgb(91, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.32, 51.51, -73.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.32, 90.11, 304.86°)
OKLab	oklab(49.93% 0.05 -0.2129)
OKLCH	oklch(49.93% 0.219 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5386, 10.8476, 66.0693)
Luminance	0.1085 (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

#5B40D8 #BDD840

analogous

#4071D8 #5B40D8 #A740D8

triadic

#5B40D8 #D85B40 #40D85B

tetradic

#5B40D8 #D84071 #BDD840 #40D8A7

square

#5B40D8 #D84071 #BDD840 #40D8A7

split-complementary

#5B40D8 #D8A740 #71D840

monochromatic

#2D1B83 #3F25B6 #5B40D8 #8773E2 #B2A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#5B40D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#5B40D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B40D8

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B40D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B40D8	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F6988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b40d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.219 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9677e5',
    500: '#5b40d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b40d8;
$custom-light: #9677e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b40d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.658,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49932,
    "c": 0.21873,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B40D8

secondary

#CFDA9A

accent

#E93FCB

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B40D8

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

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