#5E38C8#5E38C8

#5E38C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.208 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E38C8
RGB	rgb(94, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.70, 51.50, -68.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.70, 86.08, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.71% 0.0638 -0.1983)
OKLCH	oklch(47.71% 0.208 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4525, 9.3773, 55.5755)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.42

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E38C8 #A2C838

analogous

#385AC8 #5E38C8 #A638C8

triadic

#5E38C8 #C85E38 #38C85E

tetradic

#5E38C8 #C8385A #A2C838 #38C8A6

square

#5E38C8 #C8385A #A2C838 #38C8A6

split-complementary

#5E38C8 #C8A638 #5AC838

monochromatic

#311D69 #472A99 #5E38C8 #8568D5 #AC98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#5E38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5E38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E38C8

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E38C8	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#345F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.208 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9672da',
    500: '#5e38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e38c8;
$custom-light: #9672da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47706,
    "c": 0.20829,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E38C8

secondary

#BDCE8E

accent

#E048B8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E38C8

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