#5E40B7#5E40B7

#5E40B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.178 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E40B7
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 183)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(255, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 65%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.86, 42.30, -58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.86, 72.39, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(47.39% 0.0592 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(47.39% 0.178 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9943, 9.4648, 45.8274)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E40B7 #99B740

analogous

#405DB7 #5E40B7 #9940B7

triadic

#5E40B7 #B75E40 #40B75E

tetradic

#5E40B7 #B7405D #99B740 #40B799

square

#5E40B7 #B7405D #99B740 #40B799

split-complementary

#5E40B7 #B79940 #5DB740

monochromatic

#2F205C #47308A #5E40B7 #8269CB #A897DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#5E40B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5E40B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E40B7

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E40B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E40B7	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#405D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e40b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.178 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9377cd',
    500: '#5e40b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e40b7;
$custom-light: #9377cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e40b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.126,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47388,
    "c": 0.17836,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E40B7

secondary

#B8C68D

accent

#D850B6

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E40B7

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

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