#5B37C0#5B37C0

#5B37C0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.200 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B37C0
RGB	rgb(91, 55, 192)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.52, 49.28, -66.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.52, 82.56, 306.65°)
OKLab	oklab(46.58% 0.062 -0.1903)
OKLCH	oklch(46.58% 0.2 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1922, 8.7616, 50.7496)
Luminance	0.0876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.93

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B37C0 #9CC037

analogous

#3758C0 #5B37C0 #9F37C0

triadic

#5B37C0 #C05B37 #37C05B

tetradic

#5B37C0 #C03758 #9CC037 #37C09F

square

#5B37C0 #C03758 #9CC037 #37C09F

split-complementary

#5B37C0 #C09F37 #58C037

monochromatic

#2E1C61 #442990 #5B37C0 #8062D2 #A692E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#5B37C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#5B37C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B37C0

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B37C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B37C0	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#345B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b37c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 55, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.200 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9371d4',
    500: '#5b37c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b37c0;
$custom-light: #9371d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b37c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.766,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46584,
    "c": 0.2002,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B37C0

secondary

#B9CB88

accent

#DF49B7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B37C0

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

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