#5E37C8#5E37C8

#5E37C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.209 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E37C8
RGB	rgb(94, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, 52.00, -69.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 86.62, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(47.58% 0.0646 -0.1991)
OKLCH	oklch(47.58% 0.209 288)
XYZ	xyz(16.4045, 9.2814, 55.5595)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.48

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E37C8 #A1C837

analogous

#3758C8 #5E37C8 #A737C8

triadic

#5E37C8 #C85E37 #37C85E

tetradic

#5E37C8 #C83758 #A1C837 #37C8A7

square

#5E37C8 #C83758 #A1C837 #37C8A7

split-complementary

#5E37C8 #C8A737 #58C837

monochromatic

#311D68 #472A98 #5E37C8 #8567D5 #AB97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#5E37C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#5E37C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E37C8

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E37C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E37C8	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#345E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e37c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.209 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9672da',
    500: '#5e37c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e37c8;
$custom-light: #9672da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e37c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.138,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47579,
    "c": 0.20936,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.09282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E37C8

secondary

#BCCE8D

accent

#E048B7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E37C8

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

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