#5F38C8#5F38C8

#5F38C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.208 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F38C8
RGB	rgb(95, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 51.65, -68.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 86.03, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% 0.0653 -0.1977)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.208 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5558, 9.4306, 55.5803)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.56

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F38C8 #A1C838

analogous

#3859C8 #5F38C8 #A738C8

triadic

#5F38C8 #C85F38 #38C85F

tetradic

#5F38C8 #C83859 #A1C838 #38C8A7

square

#5F38C8 #C83859 #A1C838 #38C8A7

split-complementary

#5F38C8 #C8A738 #59C838

monochromatic

#311D69 #482A99 #5F38C8 #8668D5 #AC98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#5F38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5F38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F38C8

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F38C8	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.208 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9772da',
    500: '#5f38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f38c8;
$custom-light: #9772da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.478,
    "c": 0.20823,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F38C8

secondary

#BDCE8E

accent

#E048B7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F38C8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →