#5B38C8#5B38C8

#5B38C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.208 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B38C8
RGB	rgb(91, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 51.05, -69.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 86.20, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(47.43% 0.0595 -0.1998)
OKLCH	oklch(47.43% 0.208 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1508, 9.2218, 55.5613)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.03

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B38C8 #A5C838

analogous

#385DC8 #5B38C8 #A338C8

triadic

#5B38C8 #C85B38 #38C85B

tetradic

#5B38C8 #C8385D #A5C838 #38C8A3

square

#5B38C8 #C8385D #A5C838 #38C8A3

split-complementary

#5B38C8 #C8A338 #5DC838

monochromatic

#2F1D69 #452A99 #5B38C8 #8368D5 #AA98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#5B38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#5B38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B38C8

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B38C8	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C5F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.208 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9472da',
    500: '#5b38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b38c8;
$custom-light: #9472da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47429,
    "c": 0.20848,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B38C8

secondary

#BECE8E

accent

#E048BB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B38C8

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

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