#5837C9#5837C9

#5837C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.211 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5837C9
RGB	rgb(88, 55, 201)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 72.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.03, 51.41, -70.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.03, 87.40, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(47.12% 0.0558 -0.2034)
OKLCH	oklch(47.12% 0.211 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.9301, 9.0232, 56.1493)
Luminance	0.0902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.75

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5837C9 #A8C937

analogous

#375FC9 #5837C9 #A137C9

triadic

#5837C9 #C95837 #37C958

tetradic

#5837C9 #C9375F #A8C937 #37C9A1

square

#5837C9 #C9375F #A8C937 #37C9A1

split-complementary

#5837C9 #C9A137 #5FC937

monochromatic

#2E1C69 #432999 #5837C9 #8067D6 #A897E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#5837C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#5837C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5837C9

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5837C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5837C9	1.00	7.49	2.80	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#215F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5837c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 55, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.211 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9371db',
    500: '#5837c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5837c9;
$custom-light: #9371db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5837c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.562,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47119,
    "c": 0.21097,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5837C9

secondary

#C0CF8D

accent

#E147BE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5837C9

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

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