#5A37AC#5A37AC

#5A37AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.176 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A37AC
RGB	rgb(90, 55, 172)
HSL	hsl(258, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 68%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 43.39, -57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 71.89, 307.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% 0.0642 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.176 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.0269, 7.8841, 39.8571)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.95

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A37AC #89AC37

analogous

#374EAC #5A37AC #9537AC

triadic

#5A37AC #AC5A37 #37AC5A

tetradic

#5A37AC #AC374E #89AC37 #37AC95

square

#5A37AC #AC374E #89AC37 #37AC95

split-complementary

#5A37AC #AC9537 #4EAC37

monochromatic

#29194F #42287E #5A37AC #7957C9 #9E85D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#5A37AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#5A37AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A37AC

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A37AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A37AC	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40546D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a37ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 55, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.176 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9070c6',
    500: '#5a37ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a37ac;
$custom-light: #9070c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a37ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.949,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44769,
    "c": 0.17628,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A37AC

secondary

#ADC27D

accent

#DB4DB0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A37AC

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

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