#5E38B2#5E38B2

#5E38B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.182 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E38B2
RGB	rgb(94, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 68.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.85, 45.29, -59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.85, 74.43, 307.48°)
OKLab	oklab(45.81% 0.068 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(45.81% 0.182 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0639, 8.4219, 42.9954)
Luminance	0.0842 (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

#5E38B2 #8CB238

analogous

#384FB2 #5E38B2 #9B38B2

triadic

#5E38B2 #B25E38 #38B25E

tetradic

#5E38B2 #B2384F #8CB238 #38B29B

square

#5E38B2 #B2384F #8CB238 #38B29B

split-complementary

#5E38B2 #B29B38 #4FB238

monochromatic

#2D1B55 #452983 #5E38B2 #7E5CCC #A38ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#5E38B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#5E38B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E38B2

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E38B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E38B2	1.00	7.82	2.68	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#445670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e38b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.182 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9371ca',
    500: '#5e38b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e38b2;
$custom-light: #9371ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e38b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.689,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45812,
    "c": 0.18234,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E38B2

secondary

#B0C581

accent

#DC4CAF

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF8

border

#CCC8D1

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E38B2

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

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