#5E40CE#5E40CE

#5E40CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.206 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E40CE
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.73, 49.02, -69.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.73, 84.75, 305.34°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% 0.0559 -0.1988)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.207 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5867, 10.5017, 59.4809)
Luminance	0.1050 (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

#5E40CE #B0CE40

analogous

#4069CE #5E40CE #A540CE

triadic

#5E40CE #CE5E40 #40CE5E

tetradic

#5E40CE #CE4069 #B0CE40 #40CEA5

square

#5E40CE #CE4069 #B0CE40 #40CEA5

split-complementary

#5E40CE #CEA540 #69CE40

monochromatic

#311E75 #452BA6 #5E40CE #8771DA #B0A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#5E40CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#5E40CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E40CE

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E40CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E40CE	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D6582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.206 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9677de',
    500: '#5e40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e40ce;
$custom-light: #9677de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.676,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49308,
    "c": 0.2065,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E40CE

secondary

#C7D496

accent

#E245C1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E40CE

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

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