#5F38D5#5F38D5

#5F38D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.223 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F38D5
RGB	rgb(95, 56, 213)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.96, 55.30, -74.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.96, 92.73, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% 0.0623 -0.2142)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.223 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1401, 10.0643, 63.9246)
Luminance	0.1007 (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

#5F38D5 #AED538

analogous

#3860D5 #5F38D5 #AD38D5

triadic

#5F38D5 #D55F38 #38D55F

tetradic

#5F38D5 #D53860 #AED538 #38D5AD

square

#5F38D5 #D53860 #AED538 #38D5AD

split-complementary

#5F38D5 #D5AD38 #60D538

monochromatic

#311A79 #4624AC #5F38D5 #886BE0 #B09DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#5F38D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#5F38D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F38D5

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F38D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F38D5	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#286384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f38d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.223 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9873e3',
    500: '#5f38d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f38d5;
$custom-light: #9873e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f38d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.904,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48971,
    "c": 0.22312,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F38D5

secondary

#C6D692

accent

#E840BE

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFC

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0816

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F38D5

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

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