#5E38AE#5E38AE

#5E38AE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.178 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E38AE
RGB	rgb(94, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 67.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.53, 44.17, -57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.53, 72.27, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(45.48% 0.0686 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(45.48% 0.178 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.6681, 8.2636, 40.9111)
Luminance	0.0826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.11

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E38AE #88AE38

analogous

#384DAE #5E38AE #9938AE

triadic

#5E38AE #AE5E38 #38AE5E

tetradic

#5E38AE #AE384D #88AE38 #38AE99

square

#5E38AE #AE384D #88AE38 #38AE99

split-complementary

#5E38AE #AE9938 #4DAE38

monochromatic

#2C1A51 #452980 #5E38AE #7E59CA #A288D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#5E38AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#5E38AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E38AE

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E38AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E38AE	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46556E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e38ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.178 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9271c7',
    500: '#5e38ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e38ae;
$custom-light: #9271c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e38ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.322,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45483,
    "c": 0.17752,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E38AE

secondary

#ADC37F

accent

#DB4DAD

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF8

border

#CCC8D1

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E38AE

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

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