#5D38C8#5D38C8

#5D38C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.208 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D38C8
RGB	rgb(93, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.60, 51.35, -69.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.60, 86.12, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(47.61% 0.0624 -0.1988)
OKLCH	oklch(47.61% 0.208 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3506, 9.3248, 55.5707)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.29

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D38C8 #A3C838

analogous

#385BC8 #5D38C8 #A538C8

triadic

#5D38C8 #C85D38 #38C85D

tetradic

#5D38C8 #C8385B #A3C838 #38C8A5

square

#5D38C8 #C8385B #A3C838 #38C8A5

split-complementary

#5D38C8 #C8A538 #5BC838

monochromatic

#301D69 #472A99 #5D38C8 #8468D5 #AB98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#5D38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#5D38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D38C8

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D38C8	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.208 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9572da',
    500: '#5d38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d38c8;
$custom-light: #9572da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47613,
    "c": 0.20834,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D38C8

secondary

#BECE8E

accent

#E048B9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D38C8

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

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