#5E38D0#5E38D0

#5E38D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.218 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E38D0
RGB	rgb(94, 56, 208)
HSL	hsl(255, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 73.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.41, 53.75, -72.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.41, 90.22, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(48.43% 0.062 -0.2085)
OKLCH	oklch(48.43% 0.218 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4120, 9.7611, 60.6289)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.40

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E38D0 #AAD038

analogous

#385ED0 #5E38D0 #AA38D0

triadic

#5E38D0 #D05E38 #38D05E

tetradic

#5E38D0 #D0385E #AAD038 #38D0AA

square

#5E38D0 #D0385E #AAD038 #38D0AA

split-complementary

#5E38D0 #D0AA38 #5ED038

monochromatic

#311B73 #4627A4 #5E38D0 #866ADC #AE9BE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#5E38D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#5E38D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E38D0

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E38D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E38D0	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C6281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e38d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 56, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.218 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9772e0',
    500: '#5e38d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e38d0;
$custom-light: #9772e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e38d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48425,
    "c": 0.21751,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E38D0

secondary

#C3D391

accent

#E543BC

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F3EDFB

border

#CDC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E38D0

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

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