#5E37BD#5E37BD

#5E37BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.197 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E37BD
RGB	rgb(94, 55, 189)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.57, 48.91, -64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.57, 80.86, 307.22°)
OKLab	oklab(46.61% 0.067 -0.1848)
OKLCH	oklch(46.61% 0.197 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1649, 8.7855, 49.0310)
Luminance	0.0879 (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

#5E37BD #96BD37

analogous

#3753BD #5E37BD #A137BD

triadic

#5E37BD #BD5E37 #37BD5E

tetradic

#5E37BD #BD3753 #96BD37 #37BDA1

square

#5E37BD #BD3753 #96BD37 #37BDA1

split-complementary

#5E37BD #BDA137 #53BD37

monochromatic

#2F1B5E #46298E #5E37BD #8160D1 #A790DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#5E37BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5E37BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E37BD

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E37BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E37BD	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D5A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e37bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 55, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.197 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9471d2',
    500: '#5e37bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e37bd;
$custom-light: #9471d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e37bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.463,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4661,
    "c": 0.19657,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E37BD

secondary

#B6C986

accent

#DE4AB3

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E37BD

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

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