#5E38C3#5E38C3

#5E38C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.202 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E38C3
RGB	rgb(94, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.27, 50.09, -66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.27, 83.46, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.27% 0.0649 -0.1918)
OKLCH	oklch(47.27% 0.202 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.8777, 9.1474, 52.5482)
Luminance	0.0915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.81

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E38C3 #9DC338

analogous

#3858C3 #5E38C3 #A438C3

triadic

#5E38C3 #C35E38 #38C35E

tetradic

#5E38C3 #C33858 #9DC338 #38C3A4

square

#5E38C3 #C33858 #9DC338 #38C3A4

split-complementary

#5E38C3 #C3A438 #58C338

monochromatic

#301D64 #472A93 #5E38C3 #8365D3 #AA95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#5E38C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#5E38C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E38C3

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E38C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E38C3	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#385D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e38c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.202 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9572d6',
    500: '#5e38c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e38c3;
$custom-light: #9572d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e38c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.403,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47265,
    "c": 0.20247,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E38C3

secondary

#BACC8B

accent

#DF49B6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E38C3

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

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