#5D40BC#5D40BC

#5D40BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.185 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D40BC
RGB	rgb(93, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(254, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(254, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, 43.58, -61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 75.13, 305.45°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.0572 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.185 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4220, 9.6241, 48.6122)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.75

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D40BC #9FBC40

analogous

#4061BC #5D40BC #9B40BC

triadic

#5D40BC #BC5D40 #40BC5D

tetradic

#5D40BC #BC4061 #9FBC40 #40BC9B

square

#5D40BC #BC4061 #9FBC40 #40BC9B

split-complementary

#5D40BC #BC9B40 #61BC40

monochromatic

#302161 #46308E #5D40BC #836CCD #A99ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#5D40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#5D40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D40BC

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D40BC	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.185 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9377d1',
    500: '#5d40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d40bc;
$custom-light: #9377d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.032,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47701,
    "c": 0.18462,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D40BC

secondary

#BBC98F

accent

#D94FB9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D40BC

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

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