#5B37BC#5B37BC

#5B37BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.195 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B37BC
RGB	rgb(91, 55, 188)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 70.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.18, 48.14, -64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.18, 80.44, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(46.23% 0.0628 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(46.23% 0.195 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7550, 8.5867, 48.4471)
Luminance	0.0859 (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

#5B37BC #98BC37

analogous

#3755BC #5B37BC #9E37BC

triadic

#5B37BC #BC5B37 #37BC5B

tetradic

#5B37BC #BC3755 #98BC37 #37BC9E

square

#5B37BC #BC3755 #98BC37 #37BC9E

split-complementary

#5B37BC #BC9E37 #55BC37

monochromatic

#2D1B5D #44298D #5B37BC #7E60D0 #A58FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#5B37BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#5B37BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B37BC

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B37BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B37BC	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#375A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b37bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 55, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.195 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9371d1',
    500: '#5b37bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b37bc;
$custom-light: #9371d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b37bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.241,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46233,
    "c": 0.19548,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B37BC

secondary

#B7C986

accent

#DE4AB6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B37BC

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

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