#5B37BE#5B37BE

#5B37BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.198 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B37BE
RGB	rgb(91, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.35, 48.71, -65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.35, 81.50, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(46.41% 0.0625 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(46.41% 0.198 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9721, 8.6735, 49.5905)
Luminance	0.0867 (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

#5B37BE #9ABE37

analogous

#3756BE #5B37BE #9E37BE

triadic

#5B37BE #BE5B37 #37BE5B

tetradic

#5B37BE #BE3756 #9ABE37 #37BE9E

square

#5B37BE #BE3756 #9ABE37 #37BE9E

split-complementary

#5B37BE #BE9E37 #56BE37

monochromatic

#2E1C5F #44298F #5B37BE #7F61D1 #A590DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#5B37BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#5B37BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B37BE

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B37BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B37BE	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b37be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.198 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9371d3',
    500: '#5b37be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b37be;
$custom-light: #9371d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b37be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46408,
    "c": 0.19784,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B37BE

secondary

#B8CA87

accent

#DE49B7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B37BE

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

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