#5537E5#5537E5

#5537E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.243 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5537E5
RGBrgb(85, 55, 229)
HSLhsl(250, 77%, 56%)
HSVhsv(250, 76%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 76%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(38.41, 59.11, -82.89)
CIE-LCHlch(38.41, 101.81, 305.49°)
OKLaboklab(49.53% 0.0449 -0.2392)
OKLCHoklch(49.53% 0.243 280.6)
XYZxyz(19.2509, 10.3193, 75.0909)
Luminance0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5537E5 #C7E537
analogous
#3770E5 #5537E5 #AC37E5
triadic
#5537E5 #E55537 #37E555
tetradic
#5537E5 #E53770 #C7E537 #37E5AC
square
#5537E5 #E53770 #C7E537 #37E5AC
split-complementary
#5537E5 #E5AC37 #70E537
monochromatic
#28138F #371AC5 #5537E5 #836DEC #B1A3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85
#5537E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06
#5537E5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5537E5
6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5537E5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5537E51.006.853.066.85
#FFFFFF6.851.0021.001.00
#0000003.0621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.851.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0060EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0054E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006A8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5537e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.243 280.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9672ef',
    500: '#5537e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5537e5;
$custom-light: #9672ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5537e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.345,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49527,
    "c": 0.24339,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5537E5
secondary
#D4E098
accent
#F434D3
background
#FAF7FE
surface
#F4EDFD
border
#CEC8D5
text
#0F0817
muted
#7F7B85

Preview Lab

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#5537E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva