#5837C8#5837C8

#5837C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.210 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5837C8
RGB	rgb(88, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.94, 51.12, -70.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.94, 86.88, 306.05°)
OKLab	oklab(47.03% 0.056 -0.2022)
OKLCH	oklch(47.03% 0.21 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8129, 8.9763, 55.5317)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.84

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5837C8 #A7C837

analogous

#375FC8 #5837C8 #A037C8

triadic

#5837C8 #C85837 #37C858

tetradic

#5837C8 #C8375F #A7C837 #37C8A0

square

#5837C8 #C8375F #A7C837 #37C8A0

split-complementary

#5837C8 #C8A037 #5FC837

monochromatic

#2E1D68 #432A98 #5837C8 #8067D5 #A897E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#5837C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#5837C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5837C8

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5837C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5837C8	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)

#0058CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#225E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5837c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.210 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9371da',
    500: '#5837c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5837c8;
$custom-light: #9371da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5837c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.655,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47028,
    "c": 0.2098,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5837C8

secondary

#BFCE8D

accent

#E048BD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5837C8

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

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