#5A38BF#5A38BF

#5A38BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.198 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A38BF
RGB	rgb(90, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 70.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.52, 48.31, -65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.52, 81.51, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(46.54% 0.06 -0.1887)
OKLCH	oklch(46.54% 0.198 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0318, 8.7628, 50.1795)
Luminance	0.0876 (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

#5A38BF #9DBF38

analogous

#3859BF #5A38BF #9D38BF

triadic

#5A38BF #BF5A38 #38BF5A

tetradic

#5A38BF #BF3859 #9DBF38 #38BF9D

square

#5A38BF #BF3859 #9DBF38 #38BF9D

split-complementary

#5A38BF #BF9D38 #59BF38

monochromatic

#2D1C60 #442A90 #5A38BF #7F63D1 #A692DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#5A38BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#5A38BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A38BF

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A38BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A38BF	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a38bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.198 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9272d3',
    500: '#5a38bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a38bf;
$custom-light: #9272d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a38bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46536,
    "c": 0.19796,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A38BF

secondary

#BACA89

accent

#DE4AB9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A38BF

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

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