#5A38D5#5A38D5

#5A38D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.224 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5A38D5
RGBrgb(90, 56, 213)
HSLhsl(253, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(253, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(57.7%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(37.49, 54.63, -75.22)
CIE-LCHlch(37.49, 92.97, 305.99°)
OKLaboklab(48.53% 0.0552 -0.2167)
OKLCHoklch(48.53% 0.224 284.3)
XYZxyz(17.6372, 9.8050, 63.9011)
Luminance0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5A38D5 #B3D538
analogous
#3864D5 #5A38D5 #A938D5
triadic
#5A38D5 #D55A38 #38D55A
tetradic
#5A38D5 #D53864 #B3D538 #38D5A9
square
#5A38D5 #D53864 #B3D538 #38D5A9
split-complementary
#5A38D5 #D5A938 #64D538
monochromatic
#2E1A79 #4224AC #5A38D5 #846BE0 #AE9DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09
#5A38D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96
#5A38D5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A38D5
7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5A38D5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5A38D51.007.092.967.09
#FFFFFF7.091.0021.001.00
#0000002.9621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.091.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005DDA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0053D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#136484
Achromatopsia (no color)
#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5a38d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.224 284.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9672e3',
    500: '#5a38d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5a38d5;
$custom-light: #9672e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5a38d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.994,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48529,
    "c": 0.22362,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5A38D5
secondary
#C8D692
accent
#E840C4
background
#FAF7FE
surface
#F3EDFC
border
#CDC8D5
text
#0F0816
muted
#7F7B84

Preview Lab

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#5A38D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva