#5D40BE#5D40BE

#5D40BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.187 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D40BE
RGB	rgb(93, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(254, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(254, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, 44.16, -62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 76.22, 305.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% 0.057 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.187 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6391, 9.7109, 49.7556)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.51

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D40BE #A1BE40

analogous

#4062BE #5D40BE #9C40BE

triadic

#5D40BE #BE5D40 #40BE5D

tetradic

#5D40BE #BE4062 #A1BE40 #40BE9C

square

#5D40BE #BE4062 #A1BE40 #40BE9C

split-complementary

#5D40BE #BE9C40 #62BE40

monochromatic

#302162 #473190 #5D40BE #846DCE #AA9BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#5D40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5D40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D40BE

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D40BE	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#395F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.187 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9377d3',
    500: '#5d40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d40be;
$custom-light: #9377d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.81,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47866,
    "c": 0.1871,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D40BE

secondary

#BCC990

accent

#D94FB9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D40BE

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

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