#5538BE#5538BE

#5538BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.197 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5538BE
RGB	rgb(85, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(253, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(253, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.96, 47.23, -66.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.96, 81.17, 305.58°)
OKLab	oklab(45.99% 0.053 -0.1899)
OKLCH	oklch(45.99% 0.197 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4519, 8.4765, 49.5798)
Luminance	0.0848 (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

#5538BE #A1BE38

analogous

#385EBE #5538BE #9838BE

triadic

#5538BE #BE5538 #38BE55

tetradic

#5538BE #BE385E #A1BE38 #38BE98

square

#5538BE #BE385E #A1BE38 #38BE98

split-complementary

#5538BE #BE9838 #5EBE38

monochromatic

#2B1C5F #402A8F #5538BE #7A62D1 #A292DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#5538BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#5538BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5538BE

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5538BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5538BE	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#265B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5538be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.197 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71d3',
    500: '#5538be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5538be;
$custom-light: #8f71d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5538be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.985,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45989,
    "c": 0.19715,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5538BE

secondary

#BCCA88

accent

#DE4ABE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5538BE

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

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