#5B38BC#5B38BC

#5B38BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.194 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B38BC
RGB	rgb(91, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(256, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(256, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.37, 47.61, -64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.37, 79.88, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(46.37% 0.062 -0.1842)
OKLCH	oklch(46.37% 0.194 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8030, 8.6826, 48.4631)
Luminance	0.0868 (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

#5B38BC #99BC38

analogous

#3857BC #5B38BC #9D38BC

triadic

#5B38BC #BC5B38 #38BC5B

tetradic

#5B38BC #BC3857 #99BC38 #38BC9D

square

#5B38BC #BC3857 #99BC38 #38BC9D

split-complementary

#5B38BC #BC9D38 #57BC38

monochromatic

#2D1C5E #442A8D #5B38BC #7F61D0 #A590DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#5B38BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#5B38BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B38BC

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B38BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B38BC	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#375A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b38bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.194 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9371d1',
    500: '#5b38bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b38bc;
$custom-light: #9371d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b38bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46368,
    "c": 0.19434,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B38BC

secondary

#B7C987

accent

#DD4AB6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B38BC

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

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