#5E40D6#5E40D6

#5E40D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.216 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E40D6
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(252, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.41, 51.36, -72.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.41, 88.95, 305.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% 0.0545 -0.209)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.216 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5834, 10.9004, 64.7300)
Luminance	0.1090 (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

#5E40D6 #B8D640

analogous

#406DD6 #5E40D6 #A940D6

triadic

#5E40D6 #D65E40 #40D65E

tetradic

#5E40D6 #D6406D #B8D640 #40D6A9

square

#5E40D6 #D6406D #B8D640 #40D6A9

split-complementary

#5E40D6 #D6A940 #6DD640

monochromatic

#301B80 #4226B2 #5E40D6 #8872E1 #B3A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#5E40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#5E40D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E40D6

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E40D6	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#226886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.216 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9877e4',
    500: '#5e40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e40d6;
$custom-light: #9877e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50007,
    "c": 0.21601,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E40D6

secondary

#CCD999

accent

#E840C6

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E40D6

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

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