#5E40E1#5E40E1

#5E40E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.229 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E40E1
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.38, 54.56, -77.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.38, 94.65, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.99% 0.0523 -0.2228)
OKLCH	oklch(50.99% 0.229 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0359, 11.4814, 72.3799)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E40E1 #C3E140

analogous

#4073E1 #5E40E1 #AF40E1

triadic

#5E40E1 #E15E40 #40E15E

tetradic

#5E40E1 #E14073 #C3E140 #40E1AF

square

#5E40E1 #E14073 #C3E140 #40E1AF

split-complementary

#5E40E1 #E1AF40 #73E140

monochromatic

#2D1790 #3E1FC5 #5E40E1 #8B75E9 #B7AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#5E40E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#5E40E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E40E1

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E40E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E40E1	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#076C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e40e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.229 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9978ec',
    500: '#5e40e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e40e1;
$custom-light: #9978ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e40e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.18,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50991,
    "c": 0.22888,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E40E1

secondary

#D3DF9D

accent

#F038CD

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E40E1

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

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