#5E40E6#5E40E6

#5E40E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.235 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E40E6
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 230)
HSL	hsl(251, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, 56.01, -79.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 97.21, 305.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% 0.0513 -0.229)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.235 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7280, 11.7582, 76.0249)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E40E6 #C8E640

analogous

#4075E6 #5E40E6 #B140E6

triadic

#5E40E6 #E65E40 #40E65E

tetradic

#5E40E6 #E64075 #C8E640 #40E6B1

square

#5E40E6 #E64075 #C8E640 #40E6B1

split-complementary

#5E40E6 #E6B140 #75E640

monochromatic

#2C1498 #3B1BCE #5E40E6 #8C76ED #B9ACF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#5E40E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#5E40E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E40E6

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E40E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E40E6	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e40e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.235 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a78ef',
    500: '#5e40e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e40e6;
$custom-light: #9a78ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e40e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.843,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51446,
    "c": 0.23467,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E40E6

secondary

#D6E29F

accent

#F334D1

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0917

muted

#7F7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E40E6

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

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