#5D40CC#5D40CC

#5D40CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.204 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D40CC
RGB	rgb(93, 64, 204)
HSL	hsl(252, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 68.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.47, 48.28, -68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.47, 83.73, 305.21°)
OKLab	oklab(49.05% 0.0549 -0.1967)
OKLCH	oklch(49.05% 0.204 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2434, 10.3526, 58.2047)
Luminance	0.1035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.05

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D40CC #AFCC40

analogous

#4069CC #5D40CC #A340CC

triadic

#5D40CC #CC5D40 #40CC5D

tetradic

#5D40CC #CC4069 #AFCC40 #40CCA3

square

#5D40CC #CC4069 #AFCC40 #40CCA3

split-complementary

#5D40CC #CCA340 #69CC40

monochromatic

#301F73 #442CA3 #5D40CC #8670D9 #AFA1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#5D40CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#5D40CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D40CC

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D40CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D40CC	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C6481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d40cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 64, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.204 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9577dd',
    500: '#5d40cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d40cc;
$custom-light: #9577dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d40cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49048,
    "c": 0.20419,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D40CC

secondary

#C6D295

accent

#E147C1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D40CC

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

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