#5B37C1#5B37C1

#5B37C1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.201 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B37C1
RGB	rgb(91, 55, 193)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 71.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.61, 49.56, -66.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.61, 83.08, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(46.67% 0.0618 -0.1916)
OKLCH	oklch(46.67% 0.201 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3034, 8.8060, 51.3351)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.81

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B37C1 #9DC137

analogous

#3758C1 #5B37C1 #A037C1

triadic

#5B37C1 #C15B37 #37C15B

tetradic

#5B37C1 #C13758 #9DC137 #37C1A0

square

#5B37C1 #C13758 #9DC137 #37C1A0

split-complementary

#5B37C1 #C1A037 #58C137

monochromatic

#2E1C62 #452991 #5B37C1 #8063D2 #A792E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#5B37C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5B37C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B37C1

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B37C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B37C1	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b37c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 55, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.201 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9371d5',
    500: '#5b37c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b37c1;
$custom-light: #9371d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b37c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46673,
    "c": 0.20138,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B37C1

secondary

#BACB89

accent

#DF49B8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B37C1

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

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