#5138D9#5138D9

#5138D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.230 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5138D9
RGB	rgb(81, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(249, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(249, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.09, 54.68, -78.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.09, 95.43, 304.96°)
OKLab	oklab(48.17% 0.0417 -0.2257)
OKLCH	oklch(48.17% 0.23 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3279, 9.5861, 66.5694)
Luminance	0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.66

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5138D9 #C0D938

analogous

#386FD9 #5138D9 #A138D9

triadic

#5138D9 #D95138 #38D951

tetradic

#5138D9 #D9386F #C0D938 #38D9A1

square

#5138D9 #D9386F #C0D938 #38D9A1

split-complementary

#5138D9 #D9A138 #6FD938

monochromatic

#28187E #3822B2 #5138D9 #7E6BE3 #AB9FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#5138D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5138D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5138D9

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5138D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5138D9	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5138d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.230 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9272e6',
    500: '#5138d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5138d9;
$custom-light: #9272e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5138d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.317,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48169,
    "c": 0.22951,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5138D9

secondary

#CED994

accent

#EB3DD0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5138D9

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

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