#5B40DE#5B40DE

#5B40DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.226 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B40DE
RGBrgb(91, 64, 222)
HSLhsl(250, 71%, 56%)
HSVhsv(250, 71%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(59%, 71.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(39.85, 53.28, -76.50)
CIE-LCHlch(39.85, 93.22, 304.85°)
OKLaboklab(50.47% 0.0489 -0.2204)
OKLCHoklch(50.47% 0.226 282.5)
XYZxyz(19.3285, 11.1636, 70.2293)
Luminance0.1116 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B40DE #C3DE40
analogous
#4074DE #5B40DE #AA40DE
triadic
#5B40DE #DE5B40 #40DE5B
tetradic
#5B40DE #DE4074 #C3DE40 #40DEAA
square
#5B40DE #DE4074 #C3DE40 #40DEAA
split-complementary
#5B40DE #DEAA40 #74DE40
monochromatic
#2C188B #3C21C0 #5B40DE #8874E7 #B5A8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50
#5B40DE on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23
#5B40DE on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B40DE
6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B40DE#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5B40DE1.006.503.236.50
#FFFFFF6.501.0021.001.00
#0000003.2321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.501.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0063E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0058DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006B8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b40de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 64, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.226 282.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9778ea',
    500: '#5b40de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b40de;
$custom-light: #9778ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b40de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.253,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50473,
    "c": 0.2258,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B40DE
secondary
#D2DE9C
accent
#ED3ACF
background
#FAF7FE
surface
#F3EDFD
border
#CDC8D5
text
#0F0916
muted
#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B40DE

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#5B40DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva