#5438D9#5438D9

#5438D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.229 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5438D9
RGB	rgb(84, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(250, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(250, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 55.03, -77.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 95.29, 305.28°)
OKLab	oklab(48.41% 0.0458 -0.2244)
OKLCH	oklch(48.41% 0.229 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5908, 9.7216, 66.5817)
Luminance	0.0972 (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

#5438D9 #BDD938

analogous

#386CD9 #5438D9 #A438D9

triadic

#5438D9 #D95438 #38D954

tetradic

#5438D9 #D9386C #BDD938 #38D9A4

square

#5438D9 #D9386C #BDD938 #38D9A4

split-complementary

#5438D9 #D9A438 #6CD938

monochromatic

#2A187E #3B22B2 #5438D9 #806BE3 #AC9FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#5438D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5438D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5438D9

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5438D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5438D9	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5438d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.229 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9372e6',
    500: '#5438d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5438d9;
$custom-light: #9372e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5438d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48406,
    "c": 0.22902,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5438D9

secondary

#CDD994

accent

#EB3DCD

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5438D9

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

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