#5E37C2#5E37C2

#5E37C2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.202 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E37C2
RGB	rgb(94, 55, 194)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 71.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.00, 50.32, -66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.00, 83.49, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(47.05% 0.0659 -0.1914)
OKLCH	oklch(47.05% 0.202 289)
XYZ	xyz(15.7171, 9.0064, 51.9387)
Luminance	0.0901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.97

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E37C2 #9BC237

analogous

#3755C2 #5E37C2 #A437C2

triadic

#5E37C2 #C25E37 #37C25E

tetradic

#5E37C2 #C23755 #9BC237 #37C2A4

square

#5E37C2 #C23755 #9BC237 #37C2A4

split-complementary

#5E37C2 #C2A437 #55C237

monochromatic

#301C63 #472992 #5E37C2 #8363D3 #A993E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#5E37C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#5E37C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E37C2

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E37C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E37C2	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#395C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e37c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 55, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.202 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9571d6',
    500: '#5e37c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e37c2;
$custom-light: #9571d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e37c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.835,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47047,
    "c": 0.20241,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.09007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E37C2

secondary

#B9CB89

accent

#DF49B5

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E37C2

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

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