#5A37AB#5A37AB

#5A37AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.175 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A37AB
RGB	rgb(90, 55, 171)
HSL	hsl(258, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 67.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, 43.11, -56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 71.34, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.0644 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.175 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.9313, 7.8459, 39.3532)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A37AB #88AB37

analogous

#374EAB #5A37AB #9437AB

triadic

#5A37AB #AB5A37 #37AB5A

tetradic

#5A37AB #AB374E #88AB37 #37AB94

square

#5A37AB #AB374E #88AB37 #37AB94

split-complementary

#5A37AB #AB9437 #4EAB37

monochromatic

#29194E #42287D #5A37AB #7956C9 #9E85D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#5A37AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5A37AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A37AB

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A37AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A37AB	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a37ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 55, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.175 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9070c5',
    500: '#5a37ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a37ab;
$custom-light: #9070c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a37ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.103,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44686,
    "c": 0.17506,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A37AB

secondary

#ADC17C

accent

#DB4DB0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A37AB

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

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