#5838AA#5838AA

#5838AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.173 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5838AA
RGB	rgb(88, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(257, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.57, 41.89, -56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.57, 70.25, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% 0.0606 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.173 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.6923, 7.8049, 38.8601)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.71

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5838AA #8AAA38

analogous

#3851AA #5838AA #9138AA

triadic

#5838AA #AA5838 #38AA58

tetradic

#5838AA #AA3851 #8AAA38 #38AA91

square

#5838AA #AA3851 #8AAA38 #38AA91

split-complementary

#5838AA #AA9138 #51AA38

monochromatic

#281A4E #40297C #5838AA #7757C8 #9C85D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#5838AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5838AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5838AA

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5838AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5838AA	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5838aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.173 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e71c4',
    500: '#5838aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5838aa;
$custom-light: #8e71c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5838aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.842,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4455,
    "c": 0.17255,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5838AA

secondary

#AEC17D

accent

#DA4EB3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5838AA

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

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