#5C40A2#5C40A2

#5C40A2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.151 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C40A2
RGB	rgb(92, 64, 162)
HSL	hsl(257, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(257, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 60.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, 35.79, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 60.75, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(45.57% 0.058 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(45.57% 0.152 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.7668, 8.5504, 35.1531)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.79

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C40A2 #86A240

analogous

#4055A2 #5C40A2 #8D40A2

triadic

#5C40A2 #A25C40 #40A25C

tetradic

#5C40A2 #A24055 #86A240 #40A28D

square

#5C40A2 #A24055 #86A240 #40A28D

split-complementary

#5C40A2 #A28D40 #55A240

monochromatic

#2A1D4A #432F76 #5C40A2 #7B5FC0 #9F8BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#5C40A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#5C40A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C40A2

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C40A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C40A2	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0451A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49566B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c40a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 64, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.151 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f76be',
    500: '#5c40a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c40a2;
$custom-light: #8f76be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c40a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45568,
    "c": 0.1515,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C40A2

secondary

#ABBC82

accent

#D355AF

background

#F9F7FB

surface

#F1EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0D0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C40A2

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

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