#5B38CB#5B38CB

#5B38CB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.212 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B38CB
RGB	rgb(91, 56, 203)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.67, 51.90, -70.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.67, 87.76, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.0589 -0.2036)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.212 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5048, 9.3634, 57.4260)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.89

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B38CB #A8CB38

analogous

#385ECB #5B38CB #A538CB

triadic

#5B38CB #CB5B38 #38CB5B

tetradic

#5B38CB #CB385E #A8CB38 #38CBA5

square

#5B38CB #CB385E #A8CB38 #38CBA5

split-complementary

#5B38CB #CBA538 #5ECB38

monochromatic

#2F1C6C #45299D #5B38CB #8369D8 #AB99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#5B38CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#5B38CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B38CB

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B38CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B38CB	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b38cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 56, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.212 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9572dc',
    500: '#5b38cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b38cb;
$custom-light: #9572dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b38cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47699,
    "c": 0.21197,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B38CB

secondary

#C0D08F

accent

#E246BD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B38CB

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

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