#5837AE#5837AE

#5837AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.179 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5837AE
RGB	rgb(88, 55, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 68.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, 43.60, -58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 73.03, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.74% 0.061 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(44.74% 0.179 290)
XYZ	xyz(13.0285, 7.8625, 40.8673)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.63

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5837AE #8DAE37

analogous

#3751AE #5837AE #9437AE

triadic

#5837AE #AE5837 #37AE58

tetradic

#5837AE #AE3751 #8DAE37 #37AE94

square

#5837AE #AE3751 #8DAE37 #37AE94

split-complementary

#5837AE #AE9437 #51AE37

monochromatic

#291A51 #40287F #5837AE #7858CA #9D86D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#5837AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5837AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5837AE

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5837AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5837AE	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B556E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5837ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 55, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.179 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f70c7',
    500: '#5837ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5837ae;
$custom-light: #8f70c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5837ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.639,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44738,
    "c": 0.17873,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.07863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5837AE

secondary

#B0C37E

accent

#DB4CB4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5837AE

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

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