#5E37AB#5E37AB

#5E37AB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.175 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E37AB
RGB	rgb(94, 55, 171)
HSL	hsl(260, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(260, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 67.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.09, 43.88, -56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.09, 71.24, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(45.1% 0.0701 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(45.1% 0.175 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.3310, 8.0519, 39.3720)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E37AB #84AB37

analogous

#374AAB #5E37AB #9837AB

triadic

#5E37AB #AB5E37 #37AB5E

tetradic

#5E37AB #AB374A #84AB37 #37AB98

square

#5E37AB #AB374A #84AB37 #37AB98

split-complementary

#5E37AB #AB9837 #4AAB37

monochromatic

#2B194E #45287D #5E37AB #7D56C9 #A185D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#5E37AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#5E37AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E37AB

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E37AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E37AB	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48536C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e37ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 55, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.175 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9270c5',
    500: '#5e37ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e37ab;
$custom-light: #9270c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e37ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.172,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45096,
    "c": 0.17517,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E37AB

secondary

#AAC17C

accent

#DB4DAB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E37AB

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

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