#5937AC#5937AC

#5937AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.176 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5937AC
RGB	rgb(89, 55, 172)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 68%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.64, 43.21, -57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.64, 71.91, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.67% 0.0628 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(44.67% 0.176 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9303, 7.8343, 39.8526)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.85

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5937AC #8AAC37

analogous

#3750AC #5937AC #9437AC

triadic

#5937AC #AC5937 #37AC59

tetradic

#5937AC #AC3750 #8AAC37 #37AC94

square

#5937AC #AC3750 #8AAC37 #37AC94

split-complementary

#5937AC #AC9437 #50AC37

monochromatic

#29194F #41287E #5937AC #7857C9 #9D85D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#5937AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5937AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5937AC

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5937AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5937AC	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E546D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5937ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 55, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.176 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f70c6',
    500: '#5937ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5937ac;
$custom-light: #8f70c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5937ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.436,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44669,
    "c": 0.17627,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5937AC

secondary

#AEC27D

accent

#DB4DB2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5937AC

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

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