#5B37C5#5B37C5

#5B37C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.206 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B37C5
RGB	rgb(91, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.96, 50.70, -68.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.96, 85.18, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.03% 0.061 -0.1968)
OKLCH	oklch(47.03% 0.206 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7556, 8.9869, 53.7169)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.37

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B37C5 #A1C537

analogous

#375AC5 #5B37C5 #A237C5

triadic

#5B37C5 #C55B37 #37C55B

tetradic

#5B37C5 #C5375A #A1C537 #37C5A2

square

#5B37C5 #C5375A #A1C537 #37C5A2

split-complementary

#5B37C5 #C5A237 #5AC537

monochromatic

#2F1C65 #452A95 #5B37C5 #8165D4 #A895E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#5B37C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#5B37C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B37C5

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B37C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B37C5	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b37c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.206 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9471d8',
    500: '#5b37c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b37c5;
$custom-light: #9471d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b37c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.211,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47029,
    "c": 0.20605,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B37C5

secondary

#BCCD8B

accent

#E048B9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B37C5

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

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