#5D40BA#5D40BA

#5D40BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.182 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D40BA
RGB	rgb(93, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(254, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(254, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 65.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, 42.99, -60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 74.05, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(47.54% 0.0575 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(47.54% 0.182 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.2079, 9.5384, 47.4846)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 2.01

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D40BA #9DBA40

analogous

#4060BA #5D40BA #9A40BA

triadic

#5D40BA #BA5D40 #40BA5D

tetradic

#5D40BA #BA4060 #9DBA40 #40BA9A

square

#5D40BA #BA4060 #9DBA40 #40BA9A

split-complementary

#5D40BA #BA9A40 #60BA40

monochromatic

#2F215F #46308C #5D40BA #826BCC #A999DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#5D40BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5D40BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D40BA

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D40BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D40BA	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d40ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.182 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9377d0',
    500: '#5d40ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d40ba;
$custom-light: #9377d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d40ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.262,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47537,
    "c": 0.18214,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D40BA

secondary

#BAC88E

accent

#D84FB8

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D40BA

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

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