#5C40E8#5C40E8

#5C40E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.237 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C40E8
RGB	rgb(92, 64, 232)
HSL	hsl(250, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, 56.33, -80.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 98.31, 304.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% 0.0482 -0.2323)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.237 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8080, 11.7668, 77.5030)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C40E8 #CCE840

analogous

#4078E8 #5C40E8 #B040E8

triadic

#5C40E8 #E85C40 #40E85C

tetradic

#5C40E8 #E84078 #CCE840 #40E8B0

square

#5C40E8 #E84078 #CCE840 #40E8B0

split-complementary

#5C40E8 #E8B040 #78E840

monochromatic

#29139B #3819D2 #5C40E8 #8B77EF #B9ADF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#5C40E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#5C40E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C40E8

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C40E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C40E8	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c40e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 64, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.237 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9978f1',
    500: '#5c40e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c40e8;
$custom-light: #9978f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c40e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51469,
    "c": 0.23726,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C40E8

secondary

#D8E3A0

accent

#F533D5

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0917

muted

#7F7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C40E8

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

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