#5A38C0#5A38C0

#5A38C0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.199 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A38C0
RGB	rgb(90, 56, 192)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 70.8%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.61, 48.60, -66.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.61, 82.04, 306.32°)
OKLab	oklab(46.62% 0.0598 -0.19)
OKLCH	oklch(46.62% 0.199 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1422, 8.8070, 50.7610)
Luminance	0.0881 (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

#5A38C0 #9EC038

analogous

#385AC0 #5A38C0 #9E38C0

triadic

#5A38C0 #C05A38 #38C05A

tetradic

#5A38C0 #C0385A #9EC038 #38C09E

square

#5A38C0 #C0385A #9EC038 #38C09E

split-complementary

#5A38C0 #C09E38 #5AC038

monochromatic

#2E1C61 #442A91 #5A38C0 #7F64D2 #A693DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#5A38C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5A38C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A38C0

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A38C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A38C0	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a38c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 56, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.199 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9372d4',
    500: '#5a38c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a38c0;
$custom-light: #9372d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a38c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46624,
    "c": 0.19914,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A38C0

secondary

#BACB89

accent

#DE4AB9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A38C0

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

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