#5138AE#5138AE

#5138AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.178 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5138AE
RGB	rgb(81, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 67.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 41.80, -59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 72.64, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.22% 0.0501 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(44.22% 0.178 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4452, 7.6330, 40.8537)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.94

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5138AE #95AE38

analogous

#385AAE #5138AE #8C38AE

triadic

#5138AE #AE5138 #38AE51

tetradic

#5138AE #AE385A #95AE38 #38AE8C

square

#5138AE #AE385A #95AE38 #38AE8C

split-complementary

#5138AE #AE8C38 #5AAE38

monochromatic

#261A51 #3B2980 #5138AE #7159CA #9988D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#5138AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#5138AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5138AE

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5138AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5138AE	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B566E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5138ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.178 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b70c7',
    500: '#5138ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5138ae;
$custom-light: #8b70c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5138ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.712,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44222,
    "c": 0.17786,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5138AE

secondary

#B4C37F

accent

#DB4DBD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5138AE

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

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