#5E38BC#5E38BC

#5E38BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.194 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E38BC
RGB	rgb(94, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.67, 48.11, -63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.67, 79.77, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(46.66% 0.0663 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(46.66% 0.194 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1048, 8.8382, 48.4773)
Luminance	0.0884 (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

#5E38BC #96BC38

analogous

#3854BC #5E38BC #A038BC

triadic

#5E38BC #BC5E38 #38BC5E

tetradic

#5E38BC #BC3854 #96BC38 #38BCA0

square

#5E38BC #BC3854 #96BC38 #38BCA0

split-complementary

#5E38BC #BCA038 #54BC38

monochromatic

#2F1C5E #462A8D #5E38BC #8161D0 #A790DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#5E38BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#5E38BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E38BC

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E38BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E38BC	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e38bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.194 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9472d1',
    500: '#5e38bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e38bc;
$custom-light: #9472d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e38bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46657,
    "c": 0.19425,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E38BC

secondary

#B6C987

accent

#DD4AB3

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E38BC

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

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