#5B38D2#5B38D2

#5B38D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.220 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B38D2
RGB	rgb(91, 56, 210)
HSL	hsl(254, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 73.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 53.90, -73.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 91.38, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.0573 -0.2125)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.22 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3579, 9.7046, 61.9188)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.18

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B38D2 #AFD238

analogous

#3862D2 #5B38D2 #A838D2

triadic

#5B38D2 #D25B38 #38D25B

tetradic

#5B38D2 #D23862 #AFD238 #38D2A8

square

#5B38D2 #D23862 #AFD238 #38D2A8

split-complementary

#5B38D2 #D2A838 #62D238

monochromatic

#2F1A75 #4326A7 #5B38D2 #846ADD #AD9CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#5B38D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5B38D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B38D2

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B38D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B38D2	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E6382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b38d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 56, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.220 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9672e1',
    500: '#5b38d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b38d2;
$custom-light: #9672e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b38d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48339,
    "c": 0.22006,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B38D2

secondary

#C5D591

accent

#E642C1

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B38D2

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

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