#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
RGBrgb(85, 55, 200)
HSLhsl(252, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(252, 73%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(57.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(35.66, 50.70, -70.71)
CIE-LCHlch(35.66, 87.01, 305.64°)
OKLaboklab(46.76% 0.0518 -0.2036)
OKLCHoklch(46.76% 0.21 284.3)
XYZxyz(15.5346, 8.8328, 55.5187)
Luminance0.0883 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##5537C81.007.592.777.59
#FFFFFF7.591.0021.001.00
#0000002.7721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.591.0021.001.00

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

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#5537C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva