#5D38CA#5D38CA

#5D38CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.211 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D38CA
RGB	rgb(93, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.78, 51.91, -70.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.78, 87.16, 306.56°)
OKLab	oklab(47.79% 0.062 -0.2013)
OKLCH	oklch(47.79% 0.211 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5859, 9.4189, 56.8097)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.19

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D38CA #A5CA38

analogous

#385CCA #5D38CA #A638CA

triadic

#5D38CA #CA5D38 #38CA5D

tetradic

#5D38CA #CA385C #A5CA38 #38CAA6

square

#5D38CA #CA385C #A5CA38 #38CAA6

split-complementary

#5D38CA #CAA638 #5CCA38

monochromatic

#301D6B #46299B #5D38CA #8468D7 #AC99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#5D38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5D38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D38CA

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D38CA	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.211 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9672db',
    500: '#5d38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d38ca;
$custom-light: #9672db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.205,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47792,
    "c": 0.21067,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D38CA

secondary

#BFCF8E

accent

#E147BA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D38CA

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

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