#5A38CF#5A38CF

#5A38CF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.217 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A38CF
RGB	rgb(90, 56, 207)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 72.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, 52.91, -72.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 89.88, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% 0.0566 -0.2092)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.217 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8897, 9.5060, 59.9642)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.83

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A38CF #ADCF38

analogous

#3862CF #5A38CF #A638CF

triadic

#5A38CF #CF5A38 #38CF5A

tetradic

#5A38CF #CF3862 #ADCF38 #38CFA6

square

#5A38CF #CF3862 #ADCF38 #38CFA6

split-complementary

#5A38CF #CFA638 #62CF38

monochromatic

#2F1B71 #4327A3 #5A38CF #8369DB #AC9BE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#5A38CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#5A38CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A38CF

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A38CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A38CF	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F6280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a38cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 56, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.217 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9572df',
    500: '#5a38cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a38cf;
$custom-light: #9572df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a38cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.51,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47975,
    "c": 0.2167,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A38CF

secondary

#C4D390

accent

#E444C0

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A38CF

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

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