#5737AE#5737AE

#5737AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.179 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5737AE
RGB	rgb(87, 55, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(256, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 68.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 43.42, -58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 73.06, 306.46°)
OKLab	oklab(44.64% 0.0596 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(44.64% 0.179 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9345, 7.8141, 40.8629)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.55

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5737AE #8EAE37

analogous

#3753AE #5737AE #9237AE

triadic

#5737AE #AE5737 #37AE57

tetradic

#5737AE #AE3753 #8EAE37 #37AE92

square

#5737AE #AE3753 #8EAE37 #37AE92

split-complementary

#5737AE #AE9237 #53AE37

monochromatic

#281A51 #40287F #5737AE #7758CA #9D86D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#5737AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5737AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5737AE

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5737AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5737AE	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39556E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5737ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 55, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.179 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e70c7',
    500: '#5737ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5737ae;
$custom-light: #8e70c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5737ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.134,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44641,
    "c": 0.17875,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5737AE

secondary

#B0C37E

accent

#DB4CB5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5737AE

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

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