#5937AB#5937AB

#5937AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.175 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5937AB
RGB	rgb(89, 55, 171)
HSL	hsl(258, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 67.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.55, 42.92, -57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.55, 71.37, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(44.59% 0.0629 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(44.59% 0.175 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8346, 7.7960, 39.3487)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.92

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5937AB #89AB37

analogous

#374FAB #5937AB #9337AB

triadic

#5937AB #AB5937 #37AB59

tetradic

#5937AB #AB374F #89AB37 #37AB93

square

#5937AB #AB374F #89AB37 #37AB93

split-complementary

#5937AB #AB9337 #4FAB37

monochromatic

#29194E #41287D #5937AB #7856C9 #9D85D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#5937AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5937AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5937AB

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5937AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5937AB	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5937ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 55, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.175 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f70c5',
    500: '#5937ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5937ab;
$custom-light: #8f70c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5937ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.586,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44586,
    "c": 0.17505,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5937AB

secondary

#ADC17C

accent

#DB4DB1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5937AB

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

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