#5538AE#5538AE

#5538AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.178 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5538AE
RGB	rgb(85, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 67.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 42.51, -58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 72.52, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.59% 0.0558 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(44.59% 0.178 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.7982, 7.8150, 40.8703)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.17

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5538AE #91AE38

analogous

#3856AE #5538AE #9038AE

triadic

#5538AE #AE5538 #38AE55

tetradic

#5538AE #AE3856 #91AE38 #38AE90

square

#5538AE #AE3856 #91AE38 #38AE90

split-complementary

#5538AE #AE9038 #56AE38

monochromatic

#281A51 #3E2980 #5538AE #7559CA #9C88D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#5538AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5538AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5538AE

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5538AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5538AE	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35566E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5538ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.178 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71c7',
    500: '#5538ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5538ae;
$custom-light: #8d71c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5538ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.746,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44594,
    "c": 0.17759,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5538AE

secondary

#B2C37F

accent

#DB4DB8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5538AE

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

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