#5839AB#5839AB

#5839AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.173 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5839AB
RGB	rgb(88, 57, 171)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(256, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.86, 41.62, -56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.86, 70.20, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% 0.0595 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.173 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.8362, 7.9407, 39.3766)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.44

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5839AB #8CAB39

analogous

#3953AB #5839AB #9139AB

triadic

#5839AB #AB5839 #39AB58

tetradic

#5839AB #AB3953 #8CAB39 #39AB91

square

#5839AB #AB3953 #8CAB39 #39AB91

split-complementary

#5839AB #AB9139 #53AB39

monochromatic

#291A4F #402A7D #5839AB #7759C8 #9D87D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#5839AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#5839AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5839AB

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5839AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5839AB	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D556D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5839ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 57, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.173 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e71c5',
    500: '#5839ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5839ab;
$custom-light: #8e71c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5839ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.316,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44781,
    "c": 0.17251,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5839AB

secondary

#AFC17F

accent

#DA4EB4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5839AB

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

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