#5138C7#5138C7

#5138C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.208 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5138C7
RGB	rgb(81, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.40, 49.32, -70.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.40, 86.10, 304.95°)
OKLab	oklab(46.46% 0.0456 -0.2033)
OKLCH	oklch(46.46% 0.208 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1131, 8.7002, 54.9047)
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

#5138C7 #AEC738

analogous

#3866C7 #5138C7 #9938C7

triadic

#5138C7 #C75138 #38C751

tetradic

#5138C7 #C73866 #AEC738 #38C799

square

#5138C7 #C73866 #AEC738 #38C799

split-complementary

#5138C7 #C79938 #66C738

monochromatic

#2A1D67 #3E2B97 #5138C7 #7B68D4 #A598E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#5138C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#5138C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5138C7

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5138C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5138C7	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)

#0058CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5138c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.208 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71d9',
    500: '#5138c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5138c7;
$custom-light: #8f71d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5138c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.49,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46464,
    "c": 0.20841,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5138C7

secondary

#C2CD8D

accent

#DF48C5

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5138C7

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