#5537A2#5537A2

#5537A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.164 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5537A2
RGB	rgb(85, 55, 162)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(257, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 66%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, 39.55, -53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 66.51, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% 0.0584 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.164 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6323, 7.2719, 34.9661)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5537A2 #84A237

analogous

#374FA2 #5537A2 #8A37A2

triadic

#5537A2 #A25537 #37A255

tetradic

#5537A2 #A2374F #84A237 #37A28A

square

#5537A2 #A2374F #84A237 #37A28A

split-complementary

#5537A2 #A28A37 #4FA237

monochromatic

#251847 #3D2774 #5537A2 #7252C4 #9780D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#5537A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#5537A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5537A2

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5537A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5537A2	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D5167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5537a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.164 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b70be',
    500: '#5537a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5537a2;
$custom-light: #8b70be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5537a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.822,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43444,
    "c": 0.16384,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5537A2

secondary

#AABD78

accent

#D94FB2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5537A2

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

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