#5138BB#5138BB

#5138BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.194 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5138BB
RGB	rgb(81, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(251, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.32, 45.72, -65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.32, 79.71, 305.00°)
OKLab	oklab(45.37% 0.048 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(45.37% 0.194 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.7744, 8.1647, 47.8542)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5138BB #A2BB38

analogous

#3861BB #5138BB #9238BB

triadic

#5138BB #BB5138 #38BB51

tetradic

#5138BB #BB3861 #A2BB38 #38BB92

square

#5138BB #BB3861 #A2BB38 #38BB92

split-complementary

#5138BB #BB9238 #61BB38

monochromatic

#281C5D #3D2A8C #5138BB #7661D0 #9F90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#5138BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#5138BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5138BB

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5138BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5138BB	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C5B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5138bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.194 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71d1',
    500: '#5138bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5138bb;
$custom-light: #8d71d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5138bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.45,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45367,
    "c": 0.19393,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5138BB

secondary

#BCC886

accent

#DD4BC1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5138BB

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

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