#5C40E3#5C40E3

#5C40E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.231 H 282.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C40E3
RGB	rgb(92, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(250, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.39, 54.87, -78.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.39, 95.76, 304.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.0492 -0.2262)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.231 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1078, 11.4868, 73.8157)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C40E3 #C7E340

analogous

#4075E3 #5C40E3 #AE40E3

triadic

#5C40E3 #E35C40 #40E35C

tetradic

#5C40E3 #E34075 #C7E340 #40E3AE

square

#5C40E3 #E34075 #C7E340 #40E3AE

split-complementary

#5C40E3 #E3AE40 #75E340

monochromatic

#2B1693 #3B1DC8 #5C40E3 #8A75EB #B7ABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#5C40E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#5C40E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C40E3

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C40E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C40E3	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c40e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.231 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9978ed',
    500: '#5c40e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c40e3;
$custom-light: #9978ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c40e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.307,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51009,
    "c": 0.23148,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C40E3

secondary

#D5E19E

accent

#F137D1

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C40E3

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

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