#5531C5#5531C5

#5531C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.213 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5531C5
RGB	rgb(85, 49, 197)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 75.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.31, 52.86, -71.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.31, 88.66, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(45.73% 0.0569 -0.205)
OKLCH	oklch(45.73% 0.213 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9196, 8.1583, 53.6010)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.06

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5531C5 #A1C531

analogous

#3157C5 #5531C5 #9F31C5

triadic

#5531C5 #C55531 #31C555

tetradic

#5531C5 #C53157 #A1C531 #31C59F

square

#5531C5 #C53157 #A1C531 #31C59F

split-complementary

#5531C5 #C59F31 #57C531

monochromatic

#2B1963 #402594 #5531C5 #7A5DD7 #A28EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#5531C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#5531C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5531C5

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5531C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5531C5	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C5B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5531c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 49, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.213 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916dd8',
    500: '#5531c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5531c5;
$custom-light: #916dd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5531c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.595,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45726,
    "c": 0.21271,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5531C5

secondary

#BCCD85

accent

#E344BD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5531C5

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

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