#5F38CB#5F38CB

#5F38CB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.212 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F38CB
RGB	rgb(95, 56, 203)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 52.49, -70.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 87.59, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% 0.0646 -0.2016)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.212 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9098, 9.5722, 57.4449)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.46

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F38CB #A4CB38

analogous

#385ACB #5F38CB #A838CB

triadic

#5F38CB #CB5F38 #38CB5F

tetradic

#5F38CB #CB385A #A4CB38 #38CBA8

square

#5F38CB #CB385A #A4CB38 #38CBA8

split-complementary

#5F38CB #CBA838 #5ACB38

monochromatic

#321C6C #48299D #5F38CB #8669D8 #AD99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#5F38CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5F38CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F38CB

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F38CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F38CB	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f38cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 56, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.212 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9772dc',
    500: '#5f38cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f38cb;
$custom-light: #9772dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f38cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.918,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48067,
    "c": 0.2117,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F38CB

secondary

#BFD08F

accent

#E246B8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F38CB

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

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