#5A38CD#5A38CD

#5A38CD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.214 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A38CD
RGB	rgb(90, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, 52.34, -71.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 88.85, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(47.79% 0.057 -0.2067)
OKLCH	oklch(47.79% 0.214 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6467, 9.4088, 58.6847)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.75

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A38CD #ABCD38

analogous

#3860CD #5A38CD #A438CD

triadic

#5A38CD #CD5A38 #38CD5A

tetradic

#5A38CD #CD3860 #ABCD38 #38CDA4

square

#5A38CD #CD3860 #ABCD38 #38CDA4

split-complementary

#5A38CD #CDA438 #60CD38

monochromatic

#2F1C6F #4328A0 #5A38CD #8369D9 #AB9AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#5A38CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5A38CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A38CD

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A38CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A38CD	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22617F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a38cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.214 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9572dd',
    500: '#5a38cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a38cd;
$custom-light: #9572dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a38cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.691,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47791,
    "c": 0.21439,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A38CD

secondary

#C2D18F

accent

#E345BF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A38CD

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

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