#5A38BA#5A38BA

#5A38BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.192 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A38BA
RGB	rgb(90, 56, 186)
HSL	hsl(256, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(256, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 69.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, 46.87, -63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 78.85, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(46.1% 0.0609 -0.1821)
OKLCH	oklch(46.1% 0.192 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4910, 8.5465, 47.3309)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A38BA #98BA38

analogous

#3857BA #5A38BA #9B38BA

triadic

#5A38BA #BA5A38 #38BA5A

tetradic

#5A38BA #BA3857 #98BA38 #38BA9B

square

#5A38BA #BA3857 #98BA38 #38BA9B

split-complementary

#5A38BA #BA9B38 #57BA38

monochromatic

#2C1C5C #432A8B #5A38BA #7D60CF #A48FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#5A38BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#5A38BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A38BA

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A38BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A38BA	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#375A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a38ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 56, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.192 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9271d0',
    500: '#5a38ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a38ba;
$custom-light: #9271d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a38ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.692,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46099,
    "c": 0.19199,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A38BA

secondary

#B7C886

accent

#DD4BB7

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A38BA

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

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