#5537C8#5537C8

#5537C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.210 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5537C8
RGB	rgb(85, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.66, 50.70, -70.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.66, 87.01, 305.64°)
OKLab	oklab(46.76% 0.0518 -0.2036)
OKLCH	oklch(46.76% 0.21 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5346, 8.8328, 55.5187)
Luminance	0.0883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.74

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5537C8 #AAC837

analogous

#3761C8 #5537C8 #9E37C8

triadic

#5537C8 #C85537 #37C855

tetradic

#5537C8 #C83761 #AAC837 #37C89E

square

#5537C8 #C83761 #AAC837 #37C89E

split-complementary

#5537C8 #C89E37 #61C837

monochromatic

#2C1D68 #412A98 #5537C8 #7E67D5 #A797E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#5537C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#5537C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5537C8

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5537C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5537C8	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#165F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5537c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.210 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9171da',
    500: '#5537c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5537c8;
$custom-light: #9171da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5537c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.414,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46763,
    "c": 0.21012,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5537C8

secondary

#C0CE8D

accent

#E048C1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5537C8

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

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