#5037CC#5037CC

#5037CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.216 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5037CC
RGB	rgb(80, 55, 204)
HSL	hsl(250, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(250, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 73%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.59, 51.21, -73.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.59, 89.31, 304.99°)
OKLab	oklab(46.72% 0.0439 -0.211)
OKLCH	oklch(46.72% 0.216 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5701, 8.7964, 57.9924)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.79

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5037CC #B3CC37

analogous

#3768CC #5037CC #9A37CC

triadic

#5037CC #CC5037 #37CC50

tetradic

#5037CC #CC3768 #B3CC37 #37CC9A

square

#5037CC #CC3768 #B3CC37 #37CC9A

split-complementary

#5037CC #CC9A37 #68CC37

monochromatic

#291C6D #3C289E #5037CC #7B68D8 #A599E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#5037CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5037CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5037CC

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5037CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5037CC	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5037cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 55, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.216 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71dd',
    500: '#5037cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5037cc;
$custom-light: #8f71dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5037cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.067,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46717,
    "c": 0.21551,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5037CC

secondary

#C5D08E

accent

#E345C8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5037CC

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

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