#5A37C5#5A37C5

#5A37C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.206 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A37C5
RGB	rgb(90, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, 50.55, -68.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 85.22, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(46.94% 0.0596 -0.1973)
OKLCH	oklch(46.94% 0.206 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6577, 8.9364, 53.7124)
Luminance	0.0894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.29

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A37C5 #A2C537

analogous

#375BC5 #5A37C5 #A137C5

triadic

#5A37C5 #C55A37 #37C55A

tetradic

#5A37C5 #C5375B #A2C537 #37C5A1

square

#5A37C5 #C5375B #A2C537 #37C5A1

split-complementary

#5A37C5 #C5A137 #5BC537

monochromatic

#2E1C65 #442A95 #5A37C5 #8065D4 #A895E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#5A37C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5A37C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A37C5

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A37C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A37C5	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C5D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a37c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.206 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9371d8',
    500: '#5a37c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a37c5;
$custom-light: #9371d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a37c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.789,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46937,
    "c": 0.20613,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A37C5

secondary

#BDCD8B

accent

#E048BA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A37C5

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

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