#5531BE#5531BE

#5531BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.205 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5531BE
RGB	rgb(85, 49, 190)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, 50.87, -68.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 85.03, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(45.07% 0.0587 -0.1961)
OKLCH	oklch(45.07% 0.205 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.1361, 7.8449, 49.4745)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.71

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5531BE #9ABE31

analogous

#3154BE #5531BE #9C31BE

triadic

#5531BE #BE5531 #31BE55

tetradic

#5531BE #BE3154 #9ABE31 #31BE9C

square

#5531BE #BE3154 #9ABE31 #31BE9C

split-complementary

#5531BE #BE9C31 #54BE31

monochromatic

#29185D #3F248D #5531BE #7858D4 #9F89E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#5531BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5531BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5531BE

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5531BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5531BE	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#265875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5531be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 49, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.205 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906dd3',
    500: '#5531be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5531be;
$custom-light: #906dd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5531be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.319,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45069,
    "c": 0.20466,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5531BE

secondary

#B8CA80

accent

#E246BA

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0E0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5531BE

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

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