#5C40BC#5C40BC

#5C40BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.185 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C40BC
RGB	rgb(92, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(254, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(254, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 43.40, -61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 75.16, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(47.61% 0.0559 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(47.61% 0.185 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3215, 9.5722, 48.6075)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.82

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C40BC #A0BC40

analogous

#4062BC #5C40BC #9A40BC

triadic

#5C40BC #BC5C40 #40BC5C

tetradic

#5C40BC #BC4062 #A0BC40 #40BC9A

square

#5C40BC #BC4062 #A0BC40 #40BC9A

split-complementary

#5C40BC #BC9A40 #62BC40

monochromatic

#2F2161 #46308E #5C40BC #826CCD #A99ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#5C40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5C40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C40BC

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C40BC	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#395F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.185 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9377d1',
    500: '#5c40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c40bc;
$custom-light: #9377d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47609,
    "c": 0.18468,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C40BC

secondary

#BCC98F

accent

#D94FBA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C40BC

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

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