#5E40BB#5E40BB

#5E40BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.183 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E40BB
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 187)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 65.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, 43.47, -60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 74.57, 305.66°)
OKLab	oklab(47.71% 0.0587 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(47.71% 0.183 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4165, 9.6337, 48.0512)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.82

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E40BB #9DBB40

analogous

#4060BB #5E40BB #9C40BB

triadic

#5E40BB #BB5E40 #40BB5E

tetradic

#5E40BB #BB4060 #9DBB40 #40BB9C

square

#5E40BB #BB4060 #9DBB40 #40BB9C

split-complementary

#5E40BB #BB9C40 #60BB40

monochromatic

#302160 #47308D #5E40BB #836CCD #AA99DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#5E40BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#5E40BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E40BB

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E40BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E40BB	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e40bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.183 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9477d0',
    500: '#5e40bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e40bb;
$custom-light: #9477d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e40bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.634,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47712,
    "c": 0.18333,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E40BB

secondary

#BAC88F

accent

#D94FB7

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E40BB

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

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