#5A38C3#5A38C3

#5A38C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.203 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A38C3
RGB	rgb(90, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.87, 49.46, -67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.87, 83.62, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(46.89% 0.0592 -0.1939)
OKLCH	oklch(46.89% 0.203 287)
XYZ	xyz(15.4780, 8.9413, 52.5295)
Luminance	0.0894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.43

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A38C3 #A1C338

analogous

#385CC3 #5A38C3 #A038C3

triadic

#5A38C3 #C35A38 #38C35A

tetradic

#5A38C3 #C3385C #A1C338 #38C3A0

square

#5A38C3 #C3385C #A1C338 #38C3A0

split-complementary

#5A38C3 #C3A038 #5CC338

monochromatic

#2E1D64 #442A93 #5A38C3 #8065D3 #A795E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#5A38C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5A38C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A38C3

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A38C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A38C3	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a38c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.203 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9372d6',
    500: '#5a38c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a38c3;
$custom-light: #9372d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a38c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.676,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4689,
    "c": 0.20269,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.08942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A38C3

secondary

#BCCC8B

accent

#DF49BA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A38C3

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

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