#5B38CA#5B38CA

#5B38CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.211 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B38CA
RGB	rgb(91, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.59, 51.62, -70.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.59, 87.24, 306.27°)
OKLab	oklab(47.61% 0.0591 -0.2024)
OKLCH	oklch(47.61% 0.211 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3860, 9.3159, 56.8004)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.92

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B38CA #A7CA38

analogous

#385ECA #5B38CA #A438CA

triadic

#5B38CA #CA5B38 #38CA5B

tetradic

#5B38CA #CA385E #A7CA38 #38CAA4

square

#5B38CA #CA385E #A7CA38 #38CAA4

split-complementary

#5B38CA #CAA438 #5ECA38

monochromatic

#2F1D6B #45299B #5B38CA #8368D7 #AB99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#5B38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#5B38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B38CA

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B38CA	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.211 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9572db',
    500: '#5b38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b38ca;
$custom-light: #9572db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.384,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47609,
    "c": 0.21081,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B38CA

secondary

#C0CF8E

accent

#E147BC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B38CA

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

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