#5537D4#5537D4

#5537D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.224 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5537D4
RGB	rgb(85, 55, 212)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 74.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.77, 54.20, -75.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.77, 93.22, 305.55°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% 0.0491 -0.2186)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.224 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9925, 9.4160, 63.1966)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.05

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5537D4 #B6D437

analogous

#3768D4 #5537D4 #A437D4

triadic

#5537D4 #D45537 #37D455

tetradic

#5537D4 #D43768 #B6D437 #37D4A4

square

#5537D4 #D43768 #B6D437 #37D4A4

split-complementary

#5537D4 #D4A437 #68D437

monochromatic

#2B1A77 #3E24A9 #5537D4 #8069DF #AB9CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#5537D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5537D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5537D4

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5537D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5537D4	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5537d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.224 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9371e3',
    500: '#5537d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5537d4;
$custom-light: #9371e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5537d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.465,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47886,
    "c": 0.22408,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5537D4

secondary

#C9D691

accent

#E840C8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5537D4

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

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