#5E40D7#5E40D7

#5E40D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.217 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E40D7
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(252, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.50, 51.65, -73.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.50, 89.47, 305.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% 0.0543 -0.2103)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.217 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7115, 10.9516, 65.4047)
Luminance	0.1095 (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

#5E40D7 #B9D740

analogous

#406DD7 #5E40D7 #AA40D7

triadic

#5E40D7 #D75E40 #40D75E

tetradic

#5E40D7 #D7406D #B9D740 #40D7AA

square

#5E40D7 #D7406D #B9D740 #40D7AA

split-complementary

#5E40D7 #D7AA40 #6DD740

monochromatic

#2F1B81 #4226B4 #5E40D7 #8973E2 #B3A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#5E40D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#5E40D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E40D7

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E40D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E40D7	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#216887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e40d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.217 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9878e5',
    500: '#5e40d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e40d7;
$custom-light: #9878e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e40d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.921,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50095,
    "c": 0.21719,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E40D7

secondary

#CDD99A

accent

#E83FC7

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E40D7

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

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