#5531C8#5531C8

#5531C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.216 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5531C8
RGB	rgb(85, 49, 200)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.59, 53.72, -72.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.59, 90.20, 306.55°)
OKLab	oklab(46.01% 0.0561 -0.2087)
OKLCH	oklch(46.01% 0.216 285)
XYZ	xyz(15.2668, 8.2971, 55.4294)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.85

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5531C8 #A4C831

analogous

#3158C8 #5531C8 #A131C8

triadic

#5531C8 #C85531 #31C855

tetradic

#5531C8 #C83158 #A4C831 #31C8A1

square

#5531C8 #C83158 #A4C831 #31C8A1

split-complementary

#5531C8 #C8A131 #58C831

monochromatic

#2B1966 #402597 #5531C8 #7B5FD8 #A490E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#5531C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5531C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5531C8

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5531C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5531C8	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#175C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5531c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 49, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.216 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926dda',
    500: '#5531c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5531c8;
$custom-light: #926dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5531c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.305,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46011,
    "c": 0.21613,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.08298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5531C8

secondary

#BDCE86

accent

#E444BE

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5531C8

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

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