#5538D7#5538D7

#5538D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.227 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5538D7
RGBrgb(85, 56, 215)
HSLhsl(251, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(251, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(60.5%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(37.23, 54.57, -76.81)
CIE-LCHlch(37.23, 94.22, 305.39°)
OKLaboklab(48.3% 0.0477 -0.2215)
OKLCHoklch(48.3% 0.227 282.1)
XYZxyz(17.4224, 9.6647, 65.2242)
Luminance0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5538D7 #BAD738
analogous
#386BD7 #5538D7 #A438D7
triadic
#5538D7 #D75538 #38D755
tetradic
#5538D7 #D7386B #BAD738 #38D7A4
square
#5538D7 #D7386B #BAD738 #38D7A4
split-complementary
#5538D7 #D7A438 #6BD738
monochromatic
#2B197C #3D23AF #5538D7 #816BE1 #AC9EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16
#5538D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93
#5538D7 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5538D7
7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5538D7#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5538D71.007.162.937.16
#FFFFFF7.161.0021.001.00
#0000002.9321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.161.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005DDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0052D4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006585
Achromatopsia (no color)
#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5538d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.227 282.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9472e5',
    500: '#5538d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5538d7;
$custom-light: #9472e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5538d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.943,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48296,
    "c": 0.22656,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5538D7
secondary
#CBD893
accent
#E93ECA
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F2EDFC
border
#CCC8D5
text
#0F0816
muted
#7E7B84

Preview Lab

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#5538D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva