#5E40BD#5E40BD

#5E40BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.186 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E40BD
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 189)
HSL	hsl(254, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(254, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 66.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 44.05, -61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 75.65, 305.61°)
OKLab	oklab(47.88% 0.0585 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(47.88% 0.186 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6321, 9.7199, 49.1867)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.56

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E40BD #9FBD40

analogous

#4061BD #5E40BD #9D40BD

triadic

#5E40BD #BD5E40 #40BD5E

tetradic

#5E40BD #BD4061 #9FBD40 #40BD9D

square

#5E40BD #BD4061 #9FBD40 #40BD9D

split-complementary

#5E40BD #BD9D40 #61BD40

monochromatic

#312162 #47318F #5E40BD #846DCD #AA9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#5E40BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5E40BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E40BD

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E40BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E40BD	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e40bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.186 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9477d2',
    500: '#5e40bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e40bd;
$custom-light: #9477d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e40bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47876,
    "c": 0.18582,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E40BD

secondary

#BBC990

accent

#D94FB8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E40BD

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

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