#5838C8#5838C8

#5838C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.209 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5838C8
RGB	rgb(88, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.12, 50.61, -69.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.12, 86.33, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(47.16% 0.0553 -0.2013)
OKLCH	oklch(47.16% 0.209 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8608, 9.0723, 55.5477)
Luminance	0.0907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.72

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5838C8 #A8C838

analogous

#3860C8 #5838C8 #A038C8

triadic

#5838C8 #C85838 #38C858

tetradic

#5838C8 #C83860 #A8C838 #38C8A0

square

#5838C8 #C83860 #A8C838 #38C8A0

split-complementary

#5838C8 #C8A038 #60C838

monochromatic

#2E1D69 #432A99 #5838C8 #8068D5 #A898E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#5838C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#5838C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5838C8

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5838C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5838C8	1.00	7.46	2.81	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#225F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5838c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.209 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9372da',
    500: '#5838c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5838c8;
$custom-light: #9372da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5838c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47158,
    "c": 0.20875,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5838C8

secondary

#C0CE8E

accent

#E048BE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5838C8

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

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