#5E37CE#5E37CE

#5E37CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.216 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E37CE
RGB	rgb(94, 55, 206)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 73.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.05, 53.69, -71.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.05, 89.72, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% 0.0633 -0.2068)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.216 287)
XYZ	xyz(17.1195, 9.5674, 59.3252)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.37

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E37CE #A7CE37

analogous

#375BCE #5E37CE #AA37CE

triadic

#5E37CE #CE5E37 #37CE5E

tetradic

#5E37CE #CE375B #A7CE37 #37CEAA

square

#5E37CE #CE375B #A7CE37 #37CEAA

split-complementary

#5E37CE #CEAA37 #5BCE37

monochromatic

#311B6F #4727A0 #5E37CE #8668DA #AD99E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#5E37CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5E37CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E37CE

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E37CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E37CE	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E6080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e37ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 55, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.216 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9772de',
    500: '#5e37ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e37ce;
$custom-light: #9772de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e37ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.497,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48119,
    "c": 0.21624,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.09568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E37CE

secondary

#C1D28F

accent

#E444BB

background

#FAF7FD

surface

#F3EDFB

border

#CDC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7F7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E37CE

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

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