#5B37CC#5B37CC

#5B37CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.214 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B37CC
RGB	rgb(91, 55, 204)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 73%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.58, 52.70, -71.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.58, 88.82, 306.39°)
OKLab	oklab(47.66% 0.0594 -0.2058)
OKLCH	oklch(47.66% 0.214 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5764, 9.3152, 58.0396)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.95

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B37CC #A8CC37

analogous

#375DCC #5B37CC #A637CC

triadic

#5B37CC #CC5B37 #37CC5B

tetradic

#5B37CC #CC375D #A8CC37 #37CCA6

square

#5B37CC #CC375D #A8CC37 #37CCA6

split-complementary

#5B37CC #CCA637 #5DCC37

monochromatic

#2F1C6D #45289E #5B37CC #8368D8 #AB99E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#5B37CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#5B37CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B37CC

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B37CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B37CC	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b37cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 55, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.214 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9572dd',
    500: '#5b37cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b37cc;
$custom-light: #9572dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b37cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.497,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47663,
    "c": 0.21417,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B37CC

secondary

#C0D08E

accent

#E345BD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B37CC

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

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