#5D537C#5D537C

#5D537C is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.066 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D537C
RGB	rgb(93, 83, 124)
HSL	hsl(255, 20%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 33%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 33.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.79, 13.62, -21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.79, 25.62, 302.11°)
OKLab	oklab(46.9% 0.0279 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(46.9% 0.066 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2447, 9.9688, 20.3966)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D537C #727C53

analogous

#535D7C #5D537C #71537C

triadic

#5D537C #7C5D53 #537C5D

tetradic

#5D537C #7C535D #727C53 #537C71

square

#5D537C #7C535D #727C53 #537C71

split-complementary

#5D537C #7C7153 #5D7C53

monochromatic

#262233 #423A57 #5D537C #7A6E9E #9C93B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#5D537C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#5D537C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D537C

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D537C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D537C	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49597E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A587B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#575A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d537c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 83, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.066 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b83a2',
    500: '#5d537c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d537c;
$custom-light: #8b83a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d537c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.634,
    "s": 19.807,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46896,
    "c": 0.06622,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D537C

secondary

#9DA487

accent

#BC6BA9

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0C0A0F

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D537C

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

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