#5E40BE#5E40BE

#5E40BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.187 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E40BE
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(254, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(254, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.41, 44.34, -61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.41, 76.19, 305.59°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% 0.0584 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.187 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7410, 9.7635, 49.7603)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.43

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E40BE #A0BE40

analogous

#4061BE #5E40BE #9D40BE

triadic

#5E40BE #BE5E40 #40BE5E

tetradic

#5E40BE #BE4061 #A0BE40 #40BE9D

square

#5E40BE #BE4061 #A0BE40 #40BE9D

split-complementary

#5E40BE #BE9D40 #61BE40

monochromatic

#312162 #473190 #5E40BE #846DCE #AB9BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#5E40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#5E40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E40BE

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E40BE	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.187 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9477d3',
    500: '#5e40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e40be;
$custom-light: #9477d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47958,
    "c": 0.18705,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E40BE

secondary

#BCC990

accent

#D94FB8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E40BE

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

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