#5838D5#5838D5

#5838D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.224 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5838D5
RGB	rgb(88, 56, 213)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(252, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 54.37, -75.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 93.06, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.0524 -0.2176)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.224 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4452, 9.7060, 63.8921)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.25

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5838D5 #B5D538

analogous

#3867D5 #5838D5 #A638D5

triadic

#5838D5 #D55838 #38D558

tetradic

#5838D5 #D53867 #B5D538 #38D5A6

square

#5838D5 #D53867 #B5D538 #38D5A6

split-complementary

#5838D5 #D5A638 #67D538

monochromatic

#2D1A79 #4024AC #5838D5 #826BE0 #AD9DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#5838D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5838D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5838D5

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5838D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5838D5	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#026484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5838d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.224 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9572e3',
    500: '#5838d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5838d5;
$custom-light: #9572e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5838d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.229,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48358,
    "c": 0.22385,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5838D5

secondary

#C9D692

accent

#E840C6

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5838D5

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

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