#5A38CA#5A38CA

#5A38CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.211 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A38CA
RGB	rgb(90, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.49, 51.47, -70.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.49, 87.29, 306.14°)
OKLab	oklab(47.52% 0.0577 -0.2029)
OKLCH	oklch(47.52% 0.211 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2881, 9.2654, 56.7958)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.79

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A38CA #A8CA38

analogous

#385FCA #5A38CA #A338CA

triadic

#5A38CA #CA5A38 #38CA5A

tetradic

#5A38CA #CA385F #A8CA38 #38CAA3

square

#5A38CA #CA385F #A8CA38 #38CAA3

split-complementary

#5A38CA #CAA338 #5FCA38

monochromatic

#2F1D6B #44299B #5A38CA #8268D7 #AA99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#5A38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5A38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A38CA

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A38CA	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.211 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9472db',
    500: '#5a38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a38ca;
$custom-light: #9472db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.973,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47518,
    "c": 0.2109,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A38CA

secondary

#C0CF8E

accent

#E147BD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A38CA

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

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