#5537BF#5537BF

#5537BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.199 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5537BF
RGB	rgb(85, 55, 191)
HSL	hsl(253, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(253, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 71.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.85, 48.06, -66.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.85, 82.27, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(45.94% 0.0537 -0.1921)
OKLCH	oklch(45.94% 0.199 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5136, 8.4244, 50.1414)
Luminance	0.0843 (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

#5537BF #A1BF37

analogous

#375DBF #5537BF #9937BF

triadic

#5537BF #BF5537 #37BF55

tetradic

#5537BF #BF375D #A1BF37 #37BF99

square

#5537BF #BF375D #A1BF37 #37BF99

split-complementary

#5537BF #BF9937 #5DBF37

monochromatic

#2B1C60 #40298F #5537BF #7A62D2 #A291DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#5537BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#5537BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5537BF

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5537BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5537BF	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#245B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5537bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.199 285.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5537bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.235,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45942,
    "c": 0.19946,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5537BF

secondary

#BCCA88

accent

#DF49BE

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5537BF

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

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