#5A38BC#5A38BC

#5A38BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.194 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A38BC
RGB	rgb(90, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(255, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(255, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.27, 47.44, -64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.27, 79.92, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(46.27% 0.0605 -0.1847)
OKLCH	oklch(46.27% 0.194 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7051, 8.6321, 48.4585)
Luminance	0.0863 (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

#5A38BC #9ABC38

analogous

#3858BC #5A38BC #9C38BC

triadic

#5A38BC #BC5A38 #38BC5A

tetradic

#5A38BC #BC3858 #9ABC38 #38BC9C

square

#5A38BC #BC3858 #9ABC38 #38BC9C

split-complementary

#5A38BC #BC9C38 #58BC38

monochromatic

#2D1C5E #432A8D #5A38BC #7E61D0 #A490DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#5A38BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#5A38BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A38BC

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A38BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A38BC	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a38bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.194 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9271d1',
    500: '#5a38bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a38bc;
$custom-light: #9271d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a38bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46273,
    "c": 0.19438,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A38BC

secondary

#B8C987

accent

#DD4AB8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A38BC

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

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