#5038C8#5038C8

#5038C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.210 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5038C8
RGB	rgb(80, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.41, 49.49, -71.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.41, 86.67, 304.82°)
OKLab	oklab(46.47% 0.044 -0.2051)
OKLCH	oklch(46.47% 0.21 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1445, 8.7029, 55.5142)
Luminance	0.0870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.93

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5038C8 #B0C838

analogous

#3868C8 #5038C8 #9838C8

triadic

#5038C8 #C85038 #38C850

tetradic

#5038C8 #C83868 #B0C838 #38C898

square

#5038C8 #C83868 #B0C838 #38C898

split-complementary

#5038C8 #C89838 #68C838

monochromatic

#2A1D69 #3D2A99 #5038C8 #7A68D5 #A498E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#5038C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#5038C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5038C8

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5038C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5038C8	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5038c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.210 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71da',
    500: '#5038c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5038c8;
$custom-light: #8f71da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5038c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46474,
    "c": 0.20975,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5038C8

secondary

#C3CE8E

accent

#E048C7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5038C8

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

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