#5537E0#5537E0

#5537E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.238 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5537E0
RGB	rgb(85, 55, 224)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 75.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.92, 57.67, -80.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.92, 99.31, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.04% 0.0461 -0.2332)
OKLCH	oklch(49.04% 0.238 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5628, 10.0441, 71.4671)
Luminance	0.1004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5537E0 #C2E037

analogous

#376EE0 #5537E0 #AA37E0

triadic

#5537E0 #E05537 #37E055

tetradic

#5537E0 #E0376E #C2E037 #37E0AA

square

#5537E0 #E0376E #C2E037 #37E0AA

split-complementary

#5537E0 #E0AA37 #6EE037

monochromatic

#291588 #3A1DBD #5537E0 #826CE8 #AFA1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#5537E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#5537E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5537E0

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5537E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5537E0	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5537e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.238 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9572eb',
    500: '#5537e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5537e0;
$custom-light: #9572eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5537e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.651,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49039,
    "c": 0.23777,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5537E0

secondary

#D0DD96

accent

#F038CF

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFD

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0816

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5537E0

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

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