#5A38C8#5A38C8

#5A38C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.209 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A38C8
RGB	rgb(90, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.31, 50.90, -69.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.31, 86.24, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(47.34% 0.0581 -0.2003)
OKLCH	oklch(47.34% 0.209 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0528, 9.1712, 55.5567)
Luminance	0.0917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.92

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A38C8 #A6C838

analogous

#385EC8 #5A38C8 #A238C8

triadic

#5A38C8 #C85A38 #38C85A

tetradic

#5A38C8 #C8385E #A6C838 #38C8A2

square

#5A38C8 #C8385E #A6C838 #38C8A2

split-complementary

#5A38C8 #C8A238 #5EC838

monochromatic

#2F1D69 #442A99 #5A38C8 #8268D5 #AA98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#5A38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#5A38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A38C8

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A38C8	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#295F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.209 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9472da',
    500: '#5a38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a38c8;
$custom-light: #9472da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47338,
    "c": 0.20857,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A38C8

secondary

#BFCE8E

accent

#E048BC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A38C8

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

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