#5537D1#5537D1

#5537D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.221 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5537D1
RGB	rgb(85, 55, 209)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(252, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 73.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.49, 53.33, -74.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.49, 91.68, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% 0.0498 -0.2149)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.221 283)
XYZ	xyz(16.6176, 9.2660, 61.2221)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.72

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5537D1 #B3D137

analogous

#3766D1 #5537D1 #A237D1

triadic

#5537D1 #D15537 #37D155

tetradic

#5537D1 #D13766 #B3D137 #37D1A2

square

#5537D1 #D13766 #B3D137 #37D1A2

split-complementary

#5537D1 #D1A237 #66D137

monochromatic

#2C1A73 #3F26A5 #5537D1 #7F69DC #AA9BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#5537D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5537D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5537D1

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5537D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5537D1	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5537d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.221 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9371e0',
    500: '#5537d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5537d1;
$custom-light: #9371e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5537d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.688,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47603,
    "c": 0.22061,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.09267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5537D1

secondary

#C7D490

accent

#E642C6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5537D1

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

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