#5538C8#5538C8

#5538C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.209 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5538C8
RGB	rgb(85, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.85, 50.18, -70.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.85, 86.46, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(46.9% 0.051 -0.2028)
OKLCH	oklch(46.9% 0.209 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5826, 8.9288, 55.5347)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.60

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5538C8 #ABC838

analogous

#3863C8 #5538C8 #9D38C8

triadic

#5538C8 #C85538 #38C855

tetradic

#5538C8 #C83863 #ABC838 #38C89D

square

#5538C8 #C83863 #ABC838 #38C89D

split-complementary

#5538C8 #C89D38 #63C838

monochromatic

#2C1D69 #402A99 #5538C8 #7E68D5 #A798E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5538C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5538C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5538C8

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5538C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5538C8	1.00	7.54	2.79	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#165F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5538c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.209 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9172da',
    500: '#5538c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5538c8;
$custom-light: #9172da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5538c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.083,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46895,
    "c": 0.20907,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5538C8

secondary

#C1CE8E

accent

#E048C1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5538C8

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

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