#5E37C3#5E37C3

#5E37C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.204 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E37C3
RGB	rgb(94, 55, 195)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.08, 50.60, -67.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.08, 84.01, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(47.14% 0.0657 -0.1927)
OKLCH	oklch(47.14% 0.204 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8297, 9.0515, 52.5322)
Luminance	0.0905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.87

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E37C3 #9CC337

analogous

#3756C3 #5E37C3 #A437C3

triadic

#5E37C3 #C35E37 #37C35E

tetradic

#5E37C3 #C33756 #9CC337 #37C3A4

square

#5E37C3 #C33756 #9CC337 #37C3A4

split-complementary

#5E37C3 #C3A437 #56C337

monochromatic

#301C64 #472A93 #5E37C3 #8364D3 #A994E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#5E37C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#5E37C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E37C3

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E37C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E37C3	1.00	7.47	2.81	7.47
#FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#385C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e37c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 55, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.204 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9571d6',
    500: '#5e37c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e37c3;
$custom-light: #9571d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e37c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47135,
    "c": 0.20357,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E37C3

secondary

#BACC8A

accent

#DF49B5

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E37C3

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

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