#5B37BD#5B37BD

#5B37BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.197 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B37BD
RGB	rgb(91, 55, 189)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 70.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.26, 48.42, -64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.26, 80.97, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(46.32% 0.0627 -0.1864)
OKLCH	oklch(46.32% 0.197 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8632, 8.6300, 49.0168)
Luminance	0.0863 (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

#5B37BD #99BD37

analogous

#3756BD #5B37BD #9E37BD

triadic

#5B37BD #BD5B37 #37BD5B

tetradic

#5B37BD #BD3756 #99BD37 #37BD9E

square

#5B37BD #BD3756 #99BD37 #37BD9E

split-complementary

#5B37BD #BD9E37 #56BD37

monochromatic

#2D1B5E #44298E #5B37BD #7F60D1 #A590DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#5B37BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#5B37BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B37BD

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B37BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B37BD	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b37bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 55, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.197 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9371d2',
    500: '#5b37bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b37bd;
$custom-light: #9371d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b37bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.119,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4632,
    "c": 0.19667,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B37BD

secondary

#B7C986

accent

#DE4AB6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B37BD

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

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