#5E38BE#5E38BE

#5E38BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.197 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E38BE
RGB	rgb(94, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.84, 48.67, -64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.84, 80.83, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(46.83% 0.0659 -0.1852)
OKLCH	oklch(46.83% 0.197 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3218, 8.9251, 49.6206)
Luminance	0.0893 (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

#5E38BE #98BE38

analogous

#3855BE #5E38BE #A138BE

triadic

#5E38BE #BE5E38 #38BE5E

tetradic

#5E38BE #BE3855 #98BE38 #38BEA1

square

#5E38BE #BE3855 #98BE38 #38BEA1

split-complementary

#5E38BE #BEA138 #55BE38

monochromatic

#2F1C5F #472A8F #5E38BE #8262D1 #A892DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5E38BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5E38BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E38BE

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E38BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E38BE	1.00	7.54	2.79	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e38be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.197 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9572d3',
    500: '#5e38be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e38be;
$custom-light: #9572d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e38be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.015,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4683,
    "c": 0.1966,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E38BE

secondary

#B7CA88

accent

#DE4AB4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E38BE

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

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