#5437AE#5437AE

#5437AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.179 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5437AE
RGB	rgb(84, 55, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 68.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.29, 42.89, -59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.29, 73.15, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(44.35% 0.0553 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(44.35% 0.179 288)
XYZ	xyz(12.6601, 7.6726, 40.8501)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.33

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5437AE #91AE37

analogous

#3755AE #5437AE #9037AE

triadic

#5437AE #AE5437 #37AE54

tetradic

#5437AE #AE3755 #91AE37 #37AE90

square

#5437AE #AE3755 #91AE37 #37AE90

split-complementary

#5437AE #AE9037 #55AE37

monochromatic

#271A51 #3E287F #5437AE #7458CA #9B86D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#5437AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#5437AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5437AE

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5437AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5437AE	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33556E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5437ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 55, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.179 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d70c7',
    500: '#5437ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5437ae;
$custom-light: #8d70c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5437ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.622,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44353,
    "c": 0.17887,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.07673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5437AE

secondary

#B2C37E

accent

#DB4CB9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5437AE

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

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