#5D38C3#5D38C3

#5D38C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.203 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D38C3
RGB	rgb(93, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.17, 49.93, -66.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.17, 83.50, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.17% 0.0634 -0.1923)
OKLCH	oklch(47.17% 0.203 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.7758, 9.0949, 52.5434)
Luminance	0.0910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.70

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D38C3 #9EC338

analogous

#3859C3 #5D38C3 #A338C3

triadic

#5D38C3 #C35D38 #38C35D

tetradic

#5D38C3 #C33859 #9EC338 #38C3A3

square

#5D38C3 #C33859 #9EC338 #38C3A3

split-complementary

#5D38C3 #C3A338 #59C338

monochromatic

#301D64 #462A93 #5D38C3 #8265D3 #A995E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#5D38C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#5D38C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D38C3

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D38C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D38C3	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d38c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.203 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9572d6',
    500: '#5d38c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d38c3;
$custom-light: #9572d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d38c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.971,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4717,
    "c": 0.20251,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D38C3

secondary

#BBCC8B

accent

#DF49B7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D38C3

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

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