#5E38BD#5E38BD

#5E38BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.195 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E38BD
RGB	rgb(94, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.76, 48.39, -64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.76, 80.30, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(46.74% 0.0661 -0.1839)
OKLCH	oklch(46.74% 0.195 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2129, 8.8815, 49.0470)
Luminance	0.0888 (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

#5E38BD #97BD38

analogous

#3854BD #5E38BD #A038BD

triadic

#5E38BD #BD5E38 #38BD5E

tetradic

#5E38BD #BD3854 #97BD38 #38BDA0

square

#5E38BD #BD3854 #97BD38 #38BDA0

split-complementary

#5E38BD #BDA038 #54BD38

monochromatic

#2F1C5F #472A8E #5E38BD #8162D0 #A791DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#5E38BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5E38BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E38BD

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E38BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E38BD	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D5A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e38bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.195 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9472d2',
    500: '#5e38bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e38bd;
$custom-light: #9472d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e38bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46743,
    "c": 0.19542,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E38BD

secondary

#B7C987

accent

#DE4AB4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E38BD

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

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