#5537CE#5537CE

#5537CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.217 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5537CE
RGBrgb(85, 55, 206)
HSLhsl(252, 61%, 51%)
HSVhsv(252, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(58.7%, 73.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(36.21, 52.45, -73.29)
CIE-LCHlch(36.21, 90.13, 305.59°)
OKLaboklab(47.32% 0.0504 -0.2112)
OKLCHoklch(47.32% 0.217 283.4)
XYZxyz(16.2496, 9.1188, 59.2844)
Luminance0.0912 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5537CE #B0CE37
analogous
#3764CE #5537CE #A137CE
triadic
#5537CE #CE5537 #37CE55
tetradic
#5537CE #CE3764 #B0CE37 #37CEA1
square
#5537CE #CE3764 #B0CE37 #37CEA1
split-complementary
#5537CE #CEA137 #64CE37
monochromatic
#2C1B6F #3F27A0 #5537CE #7F68DA #A999E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44
#5537CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82
#5537CE on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5537CE
7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5537CE#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5537CE1.007.442.827.44
#FFFFFF7.441.0021.001.00
#0000002.8221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.441.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005AD2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0050CB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#036180
Achromatopsia (no color)
#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5537ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.217 283.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9271de',
    500: '#5537ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5537ce;
$custom-light: #9271de;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5537ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.921,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47321,
    "c": 0.21714,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5537CE
secondary
#C5D28F
accent
#E444C4
background
#F9F7FD
surface
#F2EDFB
border
#CCC8D4
text
#0E0815
muted
#7E7B83

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