#5A37C8#5A37C8

#5A37C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.210 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A37C8
RGB	rgb(90, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.13, 51.41, -69.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.13, 86.79, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(47.21% 0.0589 -0.2012)
OKLCH	oklch(47.21% 0.21 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0048, 9.0753, 55.5407)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.01

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A37C8 #A5C837

analogous

#375CC8 #5A37C8 #A337C8

triadic

#5A37C8 #C85A37 #37C85A

tetradic

#5A37C8 #C8375C #A5C837 #37C8A3

square

#5A37C8 #C8375C #A5C837 #37C8A3

split-complementary

#5A37C8 #C8A337 #5CC837

monochromatic

#2F1D68 #442A98 #5A37C8 #8267D5 #A997E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#5A37C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#5A37C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A37C8

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A37C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A37C8	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#295E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a37c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.210 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9471da',
    500: '#5a37c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a37c8;
$custom-light: #9471da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a37c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47208,
    "c": 0.20962,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A37C8

secondary

#BECE8D

accent

#E048BB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A37C8

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

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