#5E37D5#5E37D5

#5E37D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.224 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E37D5
RGB	rgb(94, 55, 213)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 74.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.69, 55.65, -74.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.69, 93.30, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.76% 0.0616 -0.2156)
OKLCH	oklch(48.76% 0.224 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9889, 9.9151, 63.9038)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E37D5 #AED537

analogous

#375FD5 #5E37D5 #AD37D5

triadic

#5E37D5 #D55E37 #37D55E

tetradic

#5E37D5 #D5375F #AED537 #37D5AD

square

#5E37D5 #D5375F #AED537 #37D5AD

split-complementary

#5E37D5 #D5AD37 #5FD537

monochromatic

#311978 #4524AB #5E37D5 #876AE0 #AF9CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#5E37D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#5E37D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E37D5

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E37D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E37D5	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#256384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e37d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 55, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.224 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9872e3',
    500: '#5e37d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e37d5;
$custom-light: #9872e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e37d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.81,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4876,
    "c": 0.2242,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E37D5

secondary

#C5D692

accent

#E840BF

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0816

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E37D5

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

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