#5137C8#5137C8

#5137C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.211 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5137C8
RGB	rgb(81, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(251, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(251, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.30, 50.15, -71.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.30, 87.18, 305.12°)
OKLab	oklab(46.42% 0.0461 -0.2055)
OKLCH	oklch(46.42% 0.211 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.1816, 8.6508, 55.5022)
Luminance	0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.93

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5137C8 #AEC837

analogous

#3765C8 #5137C8 #9A37C8

triadic

#5137C8 #C85137 #37C851

tetradic

#5137C8 #C83765 #AEC837 #37C89A

square

#5137C8 #C83765 #AEC837 #37C89A

split-complementary

#5137C8 #C89A37 #65C837

monochromatic

#2A1D68 #3E2A98 #5137C8 #7B67D5 #A597E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#5137C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#5137C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5137C8

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5137C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5137C8	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5137c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.211 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71da',
    500: '#5137c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5137c8;
$custom-light: #8f71da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5137c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.759,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46422,
    "c": 0.21064,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5137C8

secondary

#C2CE8D

accent

#E048C5

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5137C8

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

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