#5F38CA#5F38CA

#5F38CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.211 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F38CA
RGB	rgb(95, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.98, 52.21, -69.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.98, 87.07, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% 0.0648 -0.2003)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.211 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7910, 9.5247, 56.8194)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.48

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F38CA #A3CA38

analogous

#385ACA #5F38CA #A838CA

triadic

#5F38CA #CA5F38 #38CA5F

tetradic

#5F38CA #CA385A #A3CA38 #38CAA8

square

#5F38CA #CA385A #A3CA38 #38CAA8

split-complementary

#5F38CA #CAA838 #5ACA38

monochromatic

#321D6B #48299B #5F38CA #8668D7 #AD99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#5F38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5F38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F38CA

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F38CA	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.211 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9772db',
    500: '#5f38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f38ca;
$custom-light: #9772db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.027,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47978,
    "c": 0.21054,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F38CA

secondary

#BECF8E

accent

#E147B8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F38CA

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

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