#5E40D2#5E40D2

#5E40D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.211 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E40D2
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(252, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.07, 50.19, -70.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.07, 86.86, 305.30°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% 0.0552 -0.2039)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.211 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0788, 10.6986, 62.0727)
Luminance	0.1070 (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

#5E40D2 #B4D240

analogous

#406BD2 #5E40D2 #A740D2

triadic

#5E40D2 #D25E40 #40D25E

tetradic

#5E40D2 #D2406B #B4D240 #40D2A7

square

#5E40D2 #D2406B #B4D240 #40D2A7

split-complementary

#5E40D2 #D2A740 #6BD240

monochromatic

#301D7B #4429AC #5E40D2 #8872DE #B2A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#5E40D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#5E40D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E40D2

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E40D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E40D2	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#286684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e40d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.211 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9777e1',
    500: '#5e40d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e40d2;
$custom-light: #9777e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e40d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.329,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49656,
    "c": 0.21127,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E40D2

secondary

#C9D698

accent

#E543C4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E40D2

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

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