#5E38CE#5E38CE

#5E38CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.215 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E38CE
RGB	rgb(94, 56, 206)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.23, 53.19, -71.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.23, 89.19, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(48.24% 0.0625 -0.2059)
OKLCH	oklch(48.24% 0.215 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1675, 9.6633, 59.3412)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.33

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E38CE #A8CE38

analogous

#385DCE #5E38CE #A938CE

triadic

#5E38CE #CE5E38 #38CE5E

tetradic

#5E38CE #CE385D #A8CE38 #38CEA9

square

#5E38CE #CE385D #A8CE38 #38CEA9

split-complementary

#5E38CE #CEA938 #5DCE38

monochromatic

#311C70 #4628A1 #5E38CE #8669DA #AD9AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#5E38CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#5E38CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E38CE

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E38CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E38CE	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E6180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e38ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 56, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.215 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9772de',
    500: '#5e38ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e38ce;
$custom-light: #9772de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e38ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48244,
    "c": 0.21521,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E38CE

secondary

#C1D290

accent

#E444BB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E38CE

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

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