#5137AA#5137AA

#5137AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.174 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5137AA
RGB	rgb(81, 55, 170)
HSL	hsl(254, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.66, 41.16, -57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.66, 71.05, 305.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% 0.0517 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.174 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0131, 7.3834, 38.8146)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.42

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5137AA #90AA37

analogous

#3757AA #5137AA #8B37AA

triadic

#5137AA #AA5137 #37AA51

tetradic

#5137AA #AA3757 #90AA37 #37AA8B

square

#5137AA #AA3757 #90AA37 #37AA8B

split-complementary

#5137AA #AA8B37 #57AA37

monochromatic

#25194E #3B287C #5137AA #7056C8 #9784D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#5137AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#5137AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5137AA

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5137AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5137AA	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5137aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 55, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.174 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a70c4',
    500: '#5137aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5137aa;
$custom-light: #8a70c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5137aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.565,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43728,
    "c": 0.17406,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5137AA

secondary

#B1C17C

accent

#DB4DBB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5137AA

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

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