#5737AB#5737AB

#5737AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.175 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5737AB
RGB	rgb(87, 55, 171)
HSL	hsl(257, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 67.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.35, 42.55, -57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.35, 71.42, 306.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.39% 0.0601 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(44.39% 0.175 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6453, 7.6984, 39.3398)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.74

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5737AB #8BAB37

analogous

#3751AB #5737AB #9137AB

triadic

#5737AB #AB5737 #37AB57

tetradic

#5737AB #AB3751 #8BAB37 #37AB91

square

#5737AB #AB3751 #8BAB37 #37AB91

split-complementary

#5737AB #AB9137 #51AB37

monochromatic

#28194E #3F287D #5737AB #7656C9 #9C85D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#5737AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5737AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5737AB

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5737AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5737AB	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5737ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 55, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.175 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e70c5',
    500: '#5737ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5737ab;
$custom-light: #8e70c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5737ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44388,
    "c": 0.17506,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5737AB

secondary

#AEC17C

accent

#DB4DB4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5737AB

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

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