#5837AB#5837AB

#5837AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.175 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5837AB
RGB	rgb(88, 55, 171)
HSL	hsl(257, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 67.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 42.73, -57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 71.40, 306.77°)
OKLab	oklab(44.49% 0.0615 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(44.49% 0.175 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7393, 7.7469, 39.3442)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.82

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5837AB #8AAB37

analogous

#3750AB #5837AB #9237AB

triadic

#5837AB #AB5837 #37AB58

tetradic

#5837AB #AB3750 #8AAB37 #37AB92

square

#5837AB #AB3750 #8AAB37 #37AB92

split-complementary

#5837AB #AB9237 #50AB37

monochromatic

#28194E #40287D #5837AB #7756C9 #9C85D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#5837AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5837AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5837AB

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5837AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5837AB	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5837ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 55, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.175 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e70c5',
    500: '#5837ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5837ab;
$custom-light: #8e70c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5837ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.069,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44486,
    "c": 0.17505,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5837AB

secondary

#AEC17C

accent

#DB4DB2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5837AB

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

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