#5137C6#5137C6

#5137C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.208 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5137C6
RGB	rgb(81, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(251, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.12, 49.56, -70.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.12, 86.13, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(46.24% 0.0466 -0.203)
OKLCH	oklch(46.24% 0.208 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9494, 8.5579, 54.2792)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.12

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5137C6 #ACC637

analogous

#3765C6 #5137C6 #9937C6

triadic

#5137C6 #C65137 #37C651

tetradic

#5137C6 #C63765 #ACC637 #37C699

square

#5137C6 #C63765 #ACC637 #37C699

split-complementary

#5137C6 #C69937 #65C637

monochromatic

#2A1C66 #3D2A96 #5137C6 #7A66D4 #A396E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#5137C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#5137C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5137C6

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5137C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5137C6	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5137c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.208 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71d8',
    500: '#5137c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5137c6;
$custom-light: #8f71d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5137c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46236,
    "c": 0.20827,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5137C6

secondary

#C1CD8C

accent

#E048C4

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5137C6

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

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