#5B38D5#5B38D5

#5B38D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.224 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B38D5
RGBrgb(91, 56, 213)
HSLhsl(253, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(253, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(57.3%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(37.58, 54.76, -75.07)
CIE-LCHlch(37.58, 92.92, 306.11°)
OKLaboklab(48.62% 0.0566 -0.2162)
OKLCHoklch(48.62% 0.224 284.7)
XYZxyz(17.7351, 9.8555, 63.9057)
Luminance0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B38D5 #B2D538
analogous
#3863D5 #5B38D5 #AA38D5
triadic
#5B38D5 #D55B38 #38D55B
tetradic
#5B38D5 #D53863 #B2D538 #38D5AA
square
#5B38D5 #D53863 #B2D538 #38D5AA
split-complementary
#5B38D5 #D5AA38 #63D538
monochromatic
#2F1A79 #4224AC #5B38D5 #856BE0 #AE9DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07
#5B38D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97
#5B38D5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B38D5
7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B38D5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5B38D51.007.072.977.07
#FFFFFF7.071.0021.001.00
#0000002.9721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.071.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005DDA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0053D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#186484
Achromatopsia (no color)
#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b38d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.224 284.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9673e3',
    500: '#5b38d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b38d5;
$custom-light: #9673e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b38d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.376,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48616,
    "c": 0.2235,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B38D5
secondary
#C7D692
accent
#E840C3
background
#FAF7FE
surface
#F3EDFC
border
#CDC8D5
text
#0F0816
muted
#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B38D5

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#5B38D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva