#5B38CF#5B38CF

#5B38CF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.217 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B38CF
RGB	rgb(91, 56, 207)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 72.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, 53.05, -72.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 89.84, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(48.06% 0.058 -0.2087)
OKLCH	oklch(48.06% 0.217 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9876, 9.5565, 59.9688)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.96

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B38CF #ACCF38

analogous

#3861CF #5B38CF #A738CF

triadic

#5B38CF #CF5B38 #38CF5B

tetradic

#5B38CF #CF3861 #ACCF38 #38CFA7

square

#5B38CF #CF3861 #ACCF38 #38CFA7

split-complementary

#5B38CF #CFA738 #61CF38

monochromatic

#2F1B71 #4427A3 #5B38CF #8469DB #AC9BE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#5B38CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5B38CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B38CF

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B38CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B38CF	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#236180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b38cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 56, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.217 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9572df',
    500: '#5b38cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b38cf;
$custom-light: #9572df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b38cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.907,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48063,
    "c": 0.21661,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B38CF

secondary

#C3D390

accent

#E444BF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B38CF

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

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