#5937AE#5937AE

#5937AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.179 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5937AE
RGB	rgb(89, 55, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 68.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.80, 43.78, -58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.80, 73.00, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% 0.0625 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.179 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.1238, 7.9117, 40.8718)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.73

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5937AE #8CAE37

analogous

#3750AE #5937AE #9537AE

triadic

#5937AE #AE5937 #37AE59

tetradic

#5937AE #AE3750 #8CAE37 #37AE95

square

#5937AE #AE3750 #8CAE37 #37AE95

split-complementary

#5937AE #AE9537 #50AE37

monochromatic

#291A51 #41287F #5937AE #7958CA #9E86D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#5937AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#5937AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5937AE

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5937AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5937AE	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D556E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5937ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 55, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.179 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f70c7',
    500: '#5937ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5937ae;
$custom-light: #8f70c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5937ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44837,
    "c": 0.17872,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5937AE

secondary

#AFC37E

accent

#DB4CB3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5937AE

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

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