#5F38AE#5F38AE

#5F38AE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.178 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F38AE
RGB	rgb(95, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(260, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(260, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 67.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, 44.36, -57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 72.25, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(45.59% 0.07 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(45.59% 0.178 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7714, 8.3168, 40.9159)
Luminance	0.0832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 4.19

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F38AE #87AE38

analogous

#384CAE #5F38AE #9A38AE

triadic

#5F38AE #AE5F38 #38AE5F

tetradic

#5F38AE #AE384C #87AE38 #38AE9A

square

#5F38AE #AE384C #87AE38 #38AE9A

split-complementary

#5F38AE #AE9A38 #4CAE38

monochromatic

#2C1A51 #462980 #5F38AE #7F59CA #A288D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#5F38AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5F38AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F38AE

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F38AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F38AE	1.00	7.88	2.66	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48556E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f38ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.178 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9371c7',
    500: '#5f38ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f38ae;
$custom-light: #9371c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f38ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.831,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45585,
    "c": 0.17756,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F38AE

secondary

#ACC37F

accent

#DB4DAC

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF8

border

#CCC8D1

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F38AE

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

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