#5E37CA#5E37CA

#5E37CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.212 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E37CA
RGB	rgb(94, 55, 202)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 72.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.70, 52.56, -70.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.70, 87.65, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(47.76% 0.0642 -0.2017)
OKLCH	oklch(47.76% 0.212 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6398, 9.3755, 56.7985)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.39

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E37CA #A3CA37

analogous

#375ACA #5E37CA #A737CA

triadic

#5E37CA #CA5E37 #37CA5E

tetradic

#5E37CA #CA375A #A3CA37 #37CAA7

square

#5E37CA #CA375A #A3CA37 #37CAA7

split-complementary

#5E37CA #CAA737 #5ACA37

monochromatic

#311C6A #47299B #5E37CA #8567D7 #AC98E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#5E37CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5E37CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E37CA

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E37CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E37CA	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e37ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 55, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.212 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9672db',
    500: '#5e37ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e37ca;
$custom-light: #9672db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e37ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.918,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47758,
    "c": 0.21166,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E37CA

secondary

#BECF8E

accent

#E146B8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E37CA

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

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