#5937AD#5937AD

#5937AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.177 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5937AD
RGB	rgb(89, 55, 173)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 68.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 43.50, -57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 72.46, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(44.75% 0.0626 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(44.75% 0.177 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0267, 7.8729, 40.3603)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.79

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5937AD #8BAD37

analogous

#3750AD #5937AD #9437AD

triadic

#5937AD #AD5937 #37AD59

tetradic

#5937AD #AD3750 #8BAD37 #37AD94

square

#5937AD #AD3750 #8BAD37 #37AD94

split-complementary

#5937AD #AD9437 #50AD37

monochromatic

#291950 #41287F #5937AD #7857CA #9E86D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#5937AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5937AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5937AD

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5937AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5937AD	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)

#0051B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E546D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5937ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 55, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.177 290.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5937ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.288,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44753,
    "c": 0.17749,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5937AD

secondary

#AEC27D

accent

#DB4DB2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5937AD

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

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