#5D38CC#5D38CC

#5D38CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.213 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D38CC
RGB	rgb(93, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 72.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, 52.48, -70.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 88.20, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.0615 -0.2039)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.213 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8242, 9.5142, 58.0650)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.16

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D38CC #A7CC38

analogous

#385DCC #5D38CC #A738CC

triadic

#5D38CC #CC5D38 #38CC5D

tetradic

#5D38CC #CC385D #A7CC38 #38CCA7

square

#5D38CC #CC385D #A7CC38 #38CCA7

split-complementary

#5D38CC #CCA738 #5DCC38

monochromatic

#301C6E #46299E #5D38CC #8569D8 #AC99E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#5D38CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#5D38CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D38CC

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D38CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D38CC	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D607F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d38cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.213 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9672dd',
    500: '#5d38cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d38cc;
$custom-light: #9672dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d38cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47972,
    "c": 0.21298,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D38CC

secondary

#C0D18F

accent

#E245BB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D38CC

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

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