#5E37C7#5E37C7

#5E37C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.208 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E37C7
RGB	rgb(94, 55, 199)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 72.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.43, 51.72, -68.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.43, 86.10, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(47.49% 0.0649 -0.1978)
OKLCH	oklch(47.49% 0.208 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.2881, 9.2348, 54.9460)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.54

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E37C7 #A0C737

analogous

#3758C7 #5E37C7 #A637C7

triadic

#5E37C7 #C75E37 #37C75E

tetradic

#5E37C7 #C73758 #A0C737 #37C7A6

square

#5E37C7 #C73758 #A0C737 #37C7A6

split-complementary

#5E37C7 #C7A637 #58C737

monochromatic

#311C67 #472A97 #5E37C7 #8466D5 #AB96E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#5E37C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5E37C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E37C7

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E37C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E37C7	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e37c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 55, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.208 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9672d9',
    500: '#5e37c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e37c7;
$custom-light: #9672d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e37c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47489,
    "c": 0.2082,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E37C7

secondary

#BCCD8C

accent

#E048B7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E37C7

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

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