#5938AA#5938AA

#5938AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.173 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5938AA
RGB	rgb(89, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(257, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.68, 42.08, -56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.68, 70.23, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(44.65% 0.062 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(44.65% 0.173 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7877, 7.8540, 38.8646)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.81

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5938AA #89AA38

analogous

#3850AA #5938AA #9238AA

triadic

#5938AA #AA5938 #38AA59

tetradic

#5938AA #AA3850 #89AA38 #38AA92

square

#5938AA #AA3850 #89AA38 #38AA92

split-complementary

#5938AA #AA9238 #50AA38

monochromatic

#291A4E #41297C #5938AA #7857C8 #9D85D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#5938AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5938AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5938AA

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5938AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5938AA	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5938aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.173 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71c4',
    500: '#5938aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5938aa;
$custom-light: #8f71c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5938aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44649,
    "c": 0.17255,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5938AA

secondary

#ADC17D

accent

#DA4EB1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5938AA

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

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