#5E40BC#5E40BC

#5E40BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.185 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E40BC
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.26, 43.76, -61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.26, 75.11, 305.64°)
OKLab	oklab(47.79% 0.0586 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(47.79% 0.185 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5240, 9.6766, 48.6170)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.69

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E40BC #9EBC40

analogous

#4060BC #5E40BC #9C40BC

triadic

#5E40BC #BC5E40 #40BC5E

tetradic

#5E40BC #BC4060 #9EBC40 #40BC9C

square

#5E40BC #BC4060 #9EBC40 #40BC9C

split-complementary

#5E40BC #BC9C40 #60BC40

monochromatic

#302161 #47308E #5E40BC #846CCD #AA9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#5E40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5E40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E40BC

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E40BC	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D5E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.185 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9477d1',
    500: '#5e40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e40bc;
$custom-light: #9477d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.516,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47794,
    "c": 0.18458,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E40BC

secondary

#BBC98F

accent

#D94FB7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E40BC

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

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