#5537C4#5537C4

#5537C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.205 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5537C4
RGBrgb(85, 55, 196)
HSLhsl(253, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(253, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(56.6%, 71.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(35.30, 49.53, -68.97)
CIE-LCHlch(35.30, 84.91, 305.68°)
OKLaboklab(46.4% 0.0526 -0.1985)
OKLCHoklch(46.4% 0.205 284.8)
XYZxyz(15.0733, 8.6483, 53.0889)
Luminance0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5537C4 #A6C437
analogous
#3760C4 #5537C4 #9C37C4
triadic
#5537C4 #C45537 #37C455
tetradic
#5537C4 #C43760 #A6C437 #37C49C
square
#5537C4 #C43760 #A6C437 #37C49C
split-complementary
#5537C4 #C49C37 #60C437
monochromatic
#2C1C64 #402A94 #5537C4 #7C65D4 #A594E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69
#5537C4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73
#5537C4 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5537C4
7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5537C4#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5537C41.007.692.737.69
#FFFFFF7.691.0021.001.00
#0000002.7321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.691.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0057C8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004FC1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1D5D7A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5537c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.205 284.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9171d7',
    500: '#5537c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5537c4;
$custom-light: #9171d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5537c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.766,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46396,
    "c": 0.2054,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5537C4
secondary
#BECC8B
accent
#DF48BF
background
#F9F7FD
surface
#F2EDFA
border
#CCC8D3
text
#0E0815
muted
#7E7B83

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#5537C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva