#5737C9#5737C9

#5737C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.211 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5737C9
RGB	rgb(87, 55, 201)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 72.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.94, 51.27, -70.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.94, 87.44, 305.90°)
OKLab	oklab(47.03% 0.0544 -0.2039)
OKLCH	oklch(47.03% 0.211 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.8361, 8.9747, 56.1448)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.69

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5737C9 #A9C937

analogous

#3760C9 #5737C9 #A037C9

triadic

#5737C9 #C95737 #37C957

tetradic

#5737C9 #C93760 #A9C937 #37C9A0

square

#5737C9 #C93760 #A9C937 #37C9A0

split-complementary

#5737C9 #C9A037 #60C937

monochromatic

#2D1C69 #422999 #5737C9 #7F67D6 #A897E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#5737C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#5737C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5737C9

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5737C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5737C9	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D5F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5737c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 55, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.211 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9271db',
    500: '#5737c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5737c9;
$custom-light: #9271db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5737c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.151,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4703,
    "c": 0.21107,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5737C9

secondary

#C0CF8D

accent

#E147BF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5737C9

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

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