#5D40E1#5D40E1

#5D40E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.229 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D40E1
RGB	rgb(93, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.29, 54.42, -77.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.29, 94.69, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% 0.051 -0.2233)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.229 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9340, 11.4289, 72.3751)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D40E1 #C4E140

analogous

#4074E1 #5D40E1 #AD40E1

triadic

#5D40E1 #E15D40 #40E15D

tetradic

#5D40E1 #E14074 #C4E140 #40E1AD

square

#5D40E1 #E14074 #C4E140 #40E1AD

split-complementary

#5D40E1 #E1AD40 #74E140

monochromatic

#2C1790 #3D1FC5 #5D40E1 #8A75E9 #B7AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#5D40E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#5D40E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D40E1

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D40E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D40E1	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d40e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.229 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9978ec',
    500: '#5d40e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d40e1;
$custom-light: #9978ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d40e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.807,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50908,
    "c": 0.22903,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D40E1

secondary

#D3DF9D

accent

#F038CF

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D40E1

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

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