#5B40E1#5B40E1

#5B40E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.229 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B40E1
RGB	rgb(91, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(250, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.12, 54.16, -77.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.12, 94.77, 304.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% 0.0483 -0.2242)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.229 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7341, 11.3258, 72.3658)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B40E1 #C6E140

analogous

#4076E1 #5B40E1 #AC40E1

triadic

#5B40E1 #E15B40 #40E15B

tetradic

#5B40E1 #E14076 #C6E140 #40E1AC

square

#5B40E1 #E14076 #C6E140 #40E1AC

split-complementary

#5B40E1 #E1AC40 #76E140

monochromatic

#2B1790 #3B1FC5 #5B40E1 #8875E9 #B6AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#5B40E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#5B40E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B40E1

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B40E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B40E1	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b40e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.229 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9878ec',
    500: '#5b40e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b40e1;
$custom-light: #9878ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b40e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.062,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50746,
    "c": 0.22931,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B40E1

secondary

#D4DF9D

accent

#F038D1

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B40E1

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

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