#5537AC#5537AC

#5537AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.176 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5537AC
RGB	rgb(85, 55, 172)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 68%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, 42.48, -58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 72.03, 306.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% 0.057 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.176 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5567, 7.6417, 39.8351)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.51

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5537AC #8EAC37

analogous

#3753AC #5537AC #9037AC

triadic

#5537AC #AC5537 #37AC55

tetradic

#5537AC #AC3753 #8EAC37 #37AC90

square

#5537AC #AC3753 #8EAC37 #37AC90

split-complementary

#5537AC #AC9037 #53AC37

monochromatic

#27194F #3E287E #5537AC #7457C9 #9B85D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#5537AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#5537AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5537AC

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5537AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5537AC	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36546D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5537ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.176 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d70c6',
    500: '#5537ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5537ac;
$custom-light: #8d70c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5537ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.385,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44278,
    "c": 0.17635,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5537AC

secondary

#B0C27D

accent

#DB4DB7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5537AC

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

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