#5A38BD#5A38BD

#5A38BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.196 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A38BD
RGB	rgb(90, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(255, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(255, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.35, 47.73, -64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.35, 80.45, 306.39°)
OKLab	oklab(46.36% 0.0603 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(46.36% 0.196 288)
XYZ	xyz(14.8132, 8.6754, 49.0282)
Luminance	0.0868 (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

#5A38BD #9BBD38

analogous

#3859BD #5A38BD #9C38BD

triadic

#5A38BD #BD5A38 #38BD5A

tetradic

#5A38BD #BD3859 #9BBD38 #38BD9C

square

#5A38BD #BD3859 #9BBD38 #38BD9C

split-complementary

#5A38BD #BD9C38 #59BD38

monochromatic

#2D1C5F #442A8E #5A38BD #7E62D0 #A591DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#5A38BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#5A38BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A38BD

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A38BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A38BD	1.00	7.68	2.74	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#345B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a38bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.196 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9271d2',
    500: '#5a38bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a38bd;
$custom-light: #9271d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a38bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.338,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4636,
    "c": 0.19558,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.08676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A38BD

secondary

#B8C987

accent

#DE4AB8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A38BD

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

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