#5C38D5#5C38D5

#5C38D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.223 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C38D5
RGB	rgb(92, 56, 213)
HSL	hsl(254, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.67, 54.89, -74.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.67, 92.87, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(48.7% 0.058 -0.2157)
OKLCH	oklch(48.7% 0.223 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8344, 9.9067, 63.9103)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C38D5 #B1D538

analogous

#3862D5 #5C38D5 #AA38D5

triadic

#5C38D5 #D55C38 #38D55C

tetradic

#5C38D5 #D53862 #B1D538 #38D5AA

square

#5C38D5 #D53862 #B1D538 #38D5AA

split-complementary

#5C38D5 #D5AA38 #62D538

monochromatic

#2F1A79 #4324AC #5C38D5 #856BE0 #AF9DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#5C38D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#5C38D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C38D5

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C38D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C38D5	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D6484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c38d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.223 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9773e3',
    500: '#5c38d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c38d5;
$custom-light: #9773e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c38d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.758,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48704,
    "c": 0.2234,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C38D5

secondary

#C7D692

accent

#E840C1

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0816

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C38D5

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

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