#5C38D1#5C38D1

#5C38D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.219 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C38D1
RGB	rgb(92, 56, 209)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 73.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 53.76, -73.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 90.82, 306.29°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.059 -0.2107)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.219 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3330, 9.7061, 61.2694)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.21

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C38D1 #ADD138

analogous

#3860D1 #5C38D1 #A938D1

triadic

#5C38D1 #D15C38 #38D15C

tetradic

#5C38D1 #D13860 #ADD138 #38D1A9

square

#5C38D1 #D13860 #ADD138 #38D1A9

split-complementary

#5C38D1 #D1A938 #60D138

monochromatic

#301B74 #4426A6 #5C38D1 #856ADC #AD9BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#5C38D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5C38D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C38D1

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C38D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C38D1	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)

#005CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#246282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c38d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 56, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.219 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9672e0',
    500: '#5c38d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c38d1;
$custom-light: #9672e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c38d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48336,
    "c": 0.21882,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C38D1

secondary

#C4D491

accent

#E642BF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C38D1

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

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