#5E38CC#5E38CC

#5E38CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.213 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E38CC
RGB	rgb(94, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 72.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.05, 52.63, -70.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.05, 88.15, 306.65°)
OKLab	oklab(48.06% 0.063 -0.2034)
OKLCH	oklch(48.06% 0.213 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9261, 9.5668, 58.0697)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.30

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E38CC #A6CC38

analogous

#385CCC #5E38CC #A838CC

triadic

#5E38CC #CC5E38 #38CC5E

tetradic

#5E38CC #CC385C #A6CC38 #38CCA8

square

#5E38CC #CC385C #A6CC38 #38CCA8

split-complementary

#5E38CC #CCA838 #5CCC38

monochromatic

#311C6E #47299E #5E38CC #8569D8 #AD99E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#5E38CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5E38CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E38CC

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E38CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E38CC	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30607F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e38cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.213 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9772dd',
    500: '#5e38cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e38cc;
$custom-light: #9772dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e38cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.405,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48064,
    "c": 0.21291,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E38CC

secondary

#C0D18F

accent

#E245BA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E38CC

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

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