#5537C9#5537C9

#5537C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.211 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5537C9
RGB	rgb(85, 55, 201)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 72.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.75, 50.99, -71.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.75, 87.53, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(46.86% 0.0516 -0.2049)
OKLCH	oklch(46.86% 0.211 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6519, 8.8797, 56.1362)
Luminance	0.0888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.64

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5537C9 #ABC937

analogous

#3762C9 #5537C9 #9E37C9

triadic

#5537C9 #C95537 #37C955

tetradic

#5537C9 #C93762 #ABC937 #37C99E

square

#5537C9 #C93762 #ABC937 #37C99E

split-complementary

#5537C9 #C99E37 #62C937

monochromatic

#2C1C69 #402999 #5537C9 #7E67D6 #A797E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#5537C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5537C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5537C9

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5537C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5537C9	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#135F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5537c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.211 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9171db',
    500: '#5537c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5537c9;
$custom-light: #9171db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5537c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.329,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46856,
    "c": 0.2113,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5537C9

secondary

#C1CF8D

accent

#E147C1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5537C9

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

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