#5537AD#5537AD

#5537AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.178 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5537AD
RGB	rgb(85, 55, 173)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.31, 42.77, -58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.31, 72.58, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.36% 0.0569 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(44.36% 0.178 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6531, 7.6802, 40.3428)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.45

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5537AD #8FAD37

analogous

#3754AD #5537AD #9037AD

triadic

#5537AD #AD5537 #37AD55

tetradic

#5537AD #AD3754 #8FAD37 #37AD90

square

#5537AD #AD3754 #8FAD37 #37AD90

split-complementary

#5537AD #AD9037 #54AD37

monochromatic

#271950 #3E287F #5537AD #7557CA #9B86D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#5537AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5537AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5537AD

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5537AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5537AD	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36556D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5537ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.178 288.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5537ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.254,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44363,
    "c": 0.17759,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5537AD

secondary

#B1C27D

accent

#DB4DB7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5537AD

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

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