#5E40CF#5E40CF

#5E40CF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.208 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E40CF
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 207)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 69.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.81, 49.31, -69.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.81, 85.28, 305.33°)
OKLab	oklab(49.4% 0.0558 -0.2001)
OKLCH	oklch(49.4% 0.208 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7086, 10.5505, 60.1227)
Luminance	0.1055 (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

#5E40CF #B1CF40

analogous

#4069CF #5E40CF #A540CF

triadic

#5E40CF #CF5E40 #40CF5E

tetradic

#5E40CF #CF4069 #B1CF40 #40CFA5

square

#5E40CF #CF4069 #B1CF40 #40CFA5

split-complementary

#5E40CF #CFA540 #69CF40

monochromatic

#301E77 #442AA8 #5E40CF #8771DB #B0A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#5E40CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#5E40CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E40CF

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E40CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E40CF	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C6583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e40cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.208 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9677df',
    500: '#5e40cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e40cf;
$custom-light: #9677df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e40cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.587,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49395,
    "c": 0.20769,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E40CF

secondary

#C7D497

accent

#E345C2

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E40CF

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

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