#5A38D7#5A38D7

#5A38D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.226 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A38D7
RGB	rgb(90, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(253, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.68, 55.20, -76.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.68, 93.99, 305.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.72% 0.0547 -0.2192)
OKLCH	oklch(48.72% 0.226 284)
XYZ	xyz(17.8926, 9.9072, 65.2462)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A38D7 #B5D738

analogous

#3865D7 #5A38D7 #A938D7

triadic

#5A38D7 #D75A38 #38D75A

tetradic

#5A38D7 #D73865 #B5D738 #38D7A9

square

#5A38D7 #D73865 #B5D738 #38D7A9

split-complementary

#5A38D7 #D7A938 #65D738

monochromatic

#2E197C #4123AF #5A38D7 #846BE1 #AF9EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#5A38D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#5A38D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A38D7

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A38D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A38D7	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C6585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a38d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.226 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9673e5',
    500: '#5a38d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a38d7;
$custom-light: #9673e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a38d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.83,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48716,
    "c": 0.2259,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.09908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A38D7

secondary

#C9D893

accent

#E93EC5

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0816

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A38D7

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

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