#5E38AC#5E38AC

#5E38AC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.175 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E38AC
RGB	rgb(94, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(260, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(260, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 67.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.37, 43.61, -56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.37, 71.19, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(45.32% 0.0689 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(45.32% 0.175 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4746, 8.1862, 39.8919)
Luminance	0.0819 (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

#5E38AC #86AC38

analogous

#384CAC #5E38AC #9838AC

triadic

#5E38AC #AC5E38 #38AC5E

tetradic

#5E38AC #AC384C #86AC38 #38AC98

square

#5E38AC #AC384C #86AC38 #38AC98

split-complementary

#5E38AC #AC9838 #4CAC38

monochromatic

#2C1A50 #45297E #5E38AC #7D58C9 #A187D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#5E38AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#5E38AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E38AC

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E38AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E38AC	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47546D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e38ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.175 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9271c6',
    500: '#5e38ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e38ac;
$custom-light: #9271c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e38ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.655,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45319,
    "c": 0.17511,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E38AC

secondary

#ACC27E

accent

#DA4DAC

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF8

border

#CCC8D1

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E38AC

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

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