#5537BC#5537BC

#5537BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.196 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5537BC
RGB	rgb(85, 55, 188)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 70.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.59, 47.18, -65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.59, 80.67, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(45.67% 0.0543 -0.1882)
OKLCH	oklch(45.67% 0.196 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.1869, 8.2937, 48.4205)
Luminance	0.0829 (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

#5537BC #9EBC37

analogous

#375BBC #5537BC #9837BC

triadic

#5537BC #BC5537 #37BC55

tetradic

#5537BC #BC375B #9EBC37 #37BC98

square

#5537BC #BC375B #9EBC37 #37BC98

split-complementary

#5537BC #BC9837 #5BBC37

monochromatic

#2A1B5D #40298D #5537BC #7960D0 #A18FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#5537BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5537BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5537BC

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5537BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5537BC	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)

#0055C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#285A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5537bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.196 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f70d1',
    500: '#5537bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5537bc;
$custom-light: #8f70d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5537bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.534,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45673,
    "c": 0.19587,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5537BC

secondary

#BAC986

accent

#DE4ABD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5537BC

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

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