#5E37BE#5E37BE

#5E37BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.198 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E37BE
RGB	rgb(94, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.65, 49.19, -64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.65, 81.39, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(46.7% 0.0668 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(46.7% 0.198 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.2739, 8.8291, 49.6046)
Luminance	0.0883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.41

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E37BE #97BE37

analogous

#3754BE #5E37BE #A137BE

triadic

#5E37BE #BE5E37 #37BE5E

tetradic

#5E37BE #BE3754 #97BE37 #37BEA1

square

#5E37BE #BE3754 #97BE37 #37BEA1

split-complementary

#5E37BE #BEA137 #54BE37

monochromatic

#2F1C5F #47298F #5E37BE #8161D1 #A790DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#5E37BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#5E37BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E37BE

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E37BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E37BE	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e37be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.198 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9571d3',
    500: '#5e37be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e37be;
$custom-light: #9571d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e37be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46697,
    "c": 0.19774,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E37BE

secondary

#B7CA87

accent

#DE49B3

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E37BE

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

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