#5438C8#5438C8

#5438C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.209 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5438C8
RGB	rgb(84, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.76, 50.04, -70.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.76, 86.50, 305.34°)
OKLab	oklab(46.81% 0.0496 -0.2032)
OKLCH	oklch(46.81% 0.209 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4925, 8.8823, 55.5305)
Luminance	0.0888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.62

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5438C8 #ACC838

analogous

#3864C8 #5438C8 #9C38C8

triadic

#5438C8 #C85438 #38C854

tetradic

#5438C8 #C83864 #ACC838 #38C89C

square

#5438C8 #C83864 #ACC838 #38C89C

split-complementary

#5438C8 #C89C38 #64C838

monochromatic

#2C1D69 #402A99 #5438C8 #7D68D5 #A698E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#5438C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5438C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5438C8

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5438C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5438C8	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#105F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5438c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.209 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9171da',
    500: '#5438c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5438c8;
$custom-light: #9171da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5438c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.667,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46809,
    "c": 0.20919,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5438C8

secondary

#C2CE8E

accent

#E048C2

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5438C8

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

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