#5E38BB#5E38BB

#5E38BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.193 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E38BB
RGB	rgb(94, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.59, 47.83, -63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.59, 79.24, 307.13°)
OKLab	oklab(46.57% 0.0664 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(46.57% 0.193 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9973, 8.7953, 47.9115)
Luminance	0.0880 (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

#5E38BB #95BB38

analogous

#3853BB #5E38BB #A038BB

triadic

#5E38BB #BB5E38 #38BB5E

tetradic

#5E38BB #BB3853 #95BB38 #38BBA0

square

#5E38BB #BB3853 #95BB38 #38BBA0

split-complementary

#5E38BB #BBA038 #53BB38

monochromatic

#2F1C5D #462A8C #5E38BB #8161D0 #A690DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#5E38BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5E38BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E38BB

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E38BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E38BB	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e38bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.193 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9472d0',
    500: '#5e38bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e38bb;
$custom-light: #9472d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e38bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.405,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46572,
    "c": 0.19306,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E38BB

secondary

#B5C886

accent

#DD4BB3

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E38BB

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

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