#5B37C8#5B37C8

#5B37C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.210 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B37C8
RGB	rgb(91, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.23, 51.56, -69.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.23, 86.75, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(47.3% 0.0603 -0.2007)
OKLCH	oklch(47.3% 0.21 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.1028, 9.1258, 55.5453)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.12

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B37C8 #A4C837

analogous

#375BC8 #5B37C8 #A437C8

triadic

#5B37C8 #C85B37 #37C85B

tetradic

#5B37C8 #C8375B #A4C837 #37C8A4

square

#5B37C8 #C8375B #A4C837 #37C8A4

split-complementary

#5B37C8 #C8A437 #5BC837

monochromatic

#2F1D68 #452A98 #5B37C8 #8267D5 #AA97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#5B37C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#5B37C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B37C8

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B37C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B37C8	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C5E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b37c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.210 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9471da',
    500: '#5b37c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b37c8;
$custom-light: #9471da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b37c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.897,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47299,
    "c": 0.20954,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B37C8

secondary

#BECE8D

accent

#E048BA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B37C8

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

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