#5E38CA#5E38CA

#5E38CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.211 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E38CA
RGB	rgb(94, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.88, 52.06, -69.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.88, 87.12, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% 0.0634 -0.2008)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.211 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6878, 9.4714, 56.8145)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.34

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E38CA #A4CA38

analogous

#385BCA #5E38CA #A738CA

triadic

#5E38CA #CA5E38 #38CA5E

tetradic

#5E38CA #CA385B #A4CA38 #38CAA7

square

#5E38CA #CA385B #A4CA38 #38CAA7

split-complementary

#5E38CA #CAA738 #5BCA38

monochromatic

#311D6B #47299B #5E38CA #8568D7 #AC99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#5E38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5E38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E38CA

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E38CA	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.211 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9672db',
    500: '#5e38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e38ca;
$custom-light: #9672db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.616,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47885,
    "c": 0.2106,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E38CA

secondary

#BECF8E

accent

#E147B9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E38CA

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

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