#5537BE#5537BE

#5537BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.198 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5537BE
RGB	rgb(85, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(253, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(253, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.76, 47.77, -66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.76, 81.74, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(45.85% 0.0539 -0.1908)
OKLCH	oklch(45.85% 0.198 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4040, 8.3806, 49.5638)
Luminance	0.0838 (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

#5537BE #A0BE37

analogous

#375DBE #5537BE #9837BE

triadic

#5537BE #BE5537 #37BE55

tetradic

#5537BE #BE375D #A0BE37 #37BE98

square

#5537BE #BE375D #A0BE37 #37BE98

split-complementary

#5537BE #BE9837 #5DBE37

monochromatic

#2B1C5F #40298F #5537BE #7A61D1 #A290DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#5537BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#5537BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5537BE

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5537BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5537BE	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#265B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5537be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.198 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9071d3',
    500: '#5537be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5537be;
$custom-light: #9071d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5537be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45852,
    "c": 0.19826,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5537BE

secondary

#BBCA87

accent

#DE49BD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5537BE

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

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