#5B37CA#5B37CA

#5B37CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.212 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B37CA
RGB	rgb(91, 55, 202)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 72.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.40, 52.13, -70.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.40, 87.79, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% 0.0599 -0.2032)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.212 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3380, 9.2199, 56.7844)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.00

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B37CA #A6CA37

analogous

#375CCA #5B37CA #A537CA

triadic

#5B37CA #CA5B37 #37CA5B

tetradic

#5B37CA #CA375C #A6CA37 #37CAA5

square

#5B37CA #CA375C #A6CA37 #37CAA5

split-complementary

#5B37CA #CAA537 #5CCA37

monochromatic

#2F1C6A #45299B #5B37CA #8367D7 #AA98E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#5B37CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#5B37CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B37CA

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B37CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B37CA	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A5F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b37ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 55, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.212 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9571db',
    500: '#5b37ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b37ca;
$custom-light: #9571db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b37ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.694,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47481,
    "c": 0.21187,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B37CA

secondary

#BFCF8E

accent

#E146BB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B37CA

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

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