#5437AD#5437AD

#5437AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.178 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5437AD
RGB	rgb(84, 55, 173)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 68.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 42.59, -58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 72.61, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(44.27% 0.0555 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(44.27% 0.178 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.5630, 7.6337, 40.3386)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.38

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5437AD #90AD37

analogous

#3755AD #5437AD #8F37AD

triadic

#5437AD #AD5437 #37AD54

tetradic

#5437AD #AD3755 #90AD37 #37AD8F

square

#5437AD #AD3755 #90AD37 #37AD8F

split-complementary

#5437AD #AD8F37 #55AD37

monochromatic

#271950 #3D287F #5437AD #7457CA #9A86D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#5437AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#5437AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5437AD

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5437AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5437AD	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33556D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5437ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 55, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.178 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70c6',
    500: '#5437ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5437ad;
$custom-light: #8c70c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5437ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.746,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44267,
    "c": 0.17763,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5437AD

secondary

#B1C27D

accent

#DB4DB8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5437AD

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

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