#5A38C6#5A38C6

#5A38C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.206 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A38C6
RGB	rgb(90, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.13, 50.32, -68.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.13, 85.20, 306.20°)
OKLab	oklab(47.16% 0.0585 -0.1977)
OKLCH	oklch(47.16% 0.206 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8206, 9.0784, 54.3338)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.10

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A38C6 #A4C638

analogous

#385DC6 #5A38C6 #A138C6

triadic

#5A38C6 #C65A38 #38C65A

tetradic

#5A38C6 #C6385D #A4C638 #38C6A1

square

#5A38C6 #C6385D #A4C638 #38C6A1

split-complementary

#5A38C6 #C6A138 #5DC638

monochromatic

#2F1D67 #442B96 #5A38C6 #8167D4 #A997E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#5A38C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#5A38C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A38C6

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A38C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A38C6	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B5E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a38c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.206 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9372d8',
    500: '#5a38c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a38c6;
$custom-light: #9372d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a38c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.366,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47158,
    "c": 0.20622,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A38C6

secondary

#BECD8D

accent

#DF49BB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A38C6

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

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