#5E38D9#5E38D9

#5E38D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.228 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E38D9
RGB	rgb(94, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(254, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.23, 56.29, -76.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.23, 94.81, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(49.25% 0.0599 -0.2197)
OKLCH	oklch(49.25% 0.228 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5509, 10.2167, 66.6267)
Luminance	0.1022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E38D9 #B3D938

analogous

#3863D9 #5E38D9 #AE38D9

triadic

#5E38D9 #D95E38 #38D95E

tetradic

#5E38D9 #D93863 #B3D938 #38D9AE

square

#5E38D9 #D93863 #B3D938 #38D9AE

split-complementary

#5E38D9 #D9AE38 #63D938

monochromatic

#30187E #4422B2 #5E38D9 #886BE3 #B19FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#5E38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#5E38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E38D9

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E38D9	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F6586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.228 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9973e6',
    500: '#5e38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e38d9;
$custom-light: #9973e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.161,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4925,
    "c": 0.22774,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E38D9

secondary

#C9D994

accent

#EB3DC2

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0816

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E38D9

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

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