#5138C8#5138C8

#5138C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.210 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5138C8
RGB	rgb(81, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.49, 49.62, -71.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.49, 86.62, 304.95°)
OKLab	oklab(46.56% 0.0454 -0.2046)
OKLCH	oklch(46.56% 0.21 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.2296, 8.7468, 55.5182)
Luminance	0.0875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.83

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5138C8 #AFC838

analogous

#3867C8 #5138C8 #9938C8

triadic

#5138C8 #C85138 #38C851

tetradic

#5138C8 #C83867 #AFC838 #38C899

square

#5138C8 #C83867 #AFC838 #38C899

split-complementary

#5138C8 #C89938 #67C838

monochromatic

#2A1D69 #3D2A99 #5138C8 #7B68D5 #A598E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#5138C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#5138C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5138C8

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5138C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5138C8	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5138c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.210 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71da',
    500: '#5138c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5138c8;
$custom-light: #8f71da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5138c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46556,
    "c": 0.20959,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5138C8

secondary

#C3CE8E

accent

#E048C6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5138C8

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

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