#5D40BD#5D40BD

#5D40BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.186 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D40BD
RGB	rgb(93, 64, 189)
HSL	hsl(254, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(254, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 66.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, 43.87, -61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 75.68, 305.43°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.0571 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.186 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5302, 9.6674, 49.1819)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.63

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D40BD #A0BD40

analogous

#4062BD #5D40BD #9C40BD

triadic

#5D40BD #BD5D40 #40BD5D

tetradic

#5D40BD #BD4062 #A0BD40 #40BD9C

square

#5D40BD #BD4062 #A0BD40 #40BD9C

split-complementary

#5D40BD #BD9C40 #62BD40

monochromatic

#302162 #47318F #5D40BD #836DCD #AA9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#5D40BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#5D40BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D40BD

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D40BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D40BD	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A5F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d40bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 64, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.186 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9377d2',
    500: '#5d40bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d40bd;
$custom-light: #9377d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d40bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.92,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47783,
    "c": 0.18586,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D40BD

secondary

#BCC990

accent

#D94FB9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D40BD

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

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