#5E40A2#5E40A2

#5E40A2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.152 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E40A2
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 162)
HSL	hsl(258, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(258, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 60.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, 36.24, -48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 60.75, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(45.77% 0.0608 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(45.77% 0.152 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.9693, 8.6548, 35.1626)
Luminance	0.0866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.94

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E40A2 #84A240

analogous

#4053A2 #5E40A2 #8F40A2

triadic

#5E40A2 #A25E40 #40A25E

tetradic

#5E40A2 #A24053 #84A240 #40A28F

square

#5E40A2 #A24053 #84A240 #40A28F

split-complementary

#5E40A2 #A28F40 #53A240

monochromatic

#2B1D4A #452F76 #5E40A2 #7D5FC0 #A18BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#5E40A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#5E40A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E40A2

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E40A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E40A2	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0951A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C566B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e40a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.152 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9076be',
    500: '#5e40a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e40a2;
$custom-light: #9076be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e40a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.367,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45768,
    "c": 0.15159,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E40A2

secondary

#AABC82

accent

#D355AC

background

#F9F7FB

surface

#F1EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0D0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E40A2

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

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