#5138AC#5138AC

#5138AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.175 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5138AC
RGB	rgb(81, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 67.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.04, 41.20, -58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.04, 71.54, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.0504 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.175 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2517, 7.5556, 39.8345)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.06

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5138AC #93AC38

analogous

#3859AC #5138AC #8B38AC

triadic

#5138AC #AC5138 #38AC51

tetradic

#5138AC #AC3859 #93AC38 #38AC8B

square

#5138AC #AC3859 #93AC38 #38AC8B

split-complementary

#5138AC #AC8B38 #59AC38

monochromatic

#261A50 #3B297E #5138AC #7158C9 #9887D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#5138AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#5138AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5138AC

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5138AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5138AC	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D556D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5138ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.175 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a70c6',
    500: '#5138ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5138ac;
$custom-light: #8a70c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5138ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.931,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4405,
    "c": 0.17534,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5138AC

secondary

#B3C27E

accent

#DA4DBC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5138AC

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

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